Jesus took your punishment, and God gave you credit for Jesus' perfection.

I don't get asked a lot of questions about who is the best political candidate or what my position is on what the Senate is about to do.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Pastoring the flock with words. I love that. We always have a prayer time in the middle of our service. We take about eight or ten minutes before I preach, after we've sung, and invite people to come forward for prayer. That's a tender moment to me. I don't preach much in that, but I like to speak to the people.

I choose joy... I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.

My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.

He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)