The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.

You can't do God's will and satisfy everyone.

Some people say, "If you trust in God's unconditional love, why do you need to pray?" A better ending is "why wouldn't you want to?"

It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.

It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.

When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.