When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.

Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ.

It works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to force me to be very thrifty in my language, tighten up my words and not ramble so much. It puts some fiber in the sermon.

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.

I think theres just this mystique of writing a book that appeals to people. A person has to really check their motives and say, Am I really being called by God to do this? Or is this just something that would look neat in my funeral? I dont mean to be harsh but I think a person really needs to, so they wont be disappointed.