Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

One of the most astonishing things about Jesus is that as God he actually chose to come into our fallen, sick, twisted, unjust, evil, cruel, painful world and be with us to suffer like us and for us. Meanwhile, we spend most of our time trying to figure out how to avoid the pain and evil of this world while reading dumb books about the rapture just hoping to get out.

A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture.

The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their sin in order before attending church any more than a hospital expects people to get healed before they show up.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Ladies, use a loving voice, use a respectful voice, use a godly voice, but don't lose your voice.