In our faith we follow in someone's steps. In our faith we leave footprints to guide others. It's the principle of discipleship

To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.

Live in such a way that you would not have to change your plans.

Reading the Bible can be like meeting someone you don't know who, oddly, somehow seems to know you deeply. It's uncanny.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.

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.