I preach hard against that idea and plead with people to make war against sin. I tell them it's not going to be easy. Some people are meant to wrestle with their sin a long time before God brings them to freedom, but let's wrestle. Let's fight. Let's do something besides just complain.

The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy.

We’ve been given the covenant community because we need each other, and together we’ll be more mature, experience more life, and know more joy than we ever would apart from one another.

The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.

What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'

I preach hard against that idea and plead with people to make war against sin. I tell them it's not going to be easy. Some people are meant to wrestle with their sin a long time before God brings them to freedom, but let's wrestle. Let's fight. Let's do something besides just complain.

Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.