We need to remember that the first disciples were ordinary men called to an extraordinary mission. Their devotion to Jesus outweighed- by hair- their fears and insecurities. As a result God change them and use them to accomplish some mind-boggling things. Why couldn't God - why wouldn't God do the same in your life?

What to change your life? Begin by saying, "The Lord is my shepherd."

Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.

Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true.

How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.

God's love has a width, length, height, and depth, but we will never reach the end of it. Our capacity to experience God's love will be exhausted long before God's capacity to give it is strained. The picture of having Christ dwell inside us by faith presents us with compelling and comforting possibilities. What Christ does in us and through us will always be 'exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.'

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.