Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.

The book, Max on Life, is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.

You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at the office who refuses to cheat. Be the neighbor who acts neighbors. Be the employee who does the work and doesn't complain. Pay your bills. Do your part and enjoy life. Don't speak one message and live another. People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.

I guess grace doesn't have to [be] logical. If it did, it wouldn't be grace.

Rather than seeking total control, relinquish it. You can't run the world, but you can entrust it to God. This is the message behind Paul's admonition to "rejoice in the Lord." Peace is within reach, not for lack of problems, but because of the presence of a sovereign Lord. Rather than rehearse the chaos of the world, rejoice in the Lord's sovereignty, as Paul did. Sovereignty gives the saint the inside track to peace. Others see the problems of the world and wring their hands. We see the problems of the world and bend our knees.

Prayer is the hand of faith on the door knob of your heart, inviting Jesus to enter.

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.