It's important to preach like there's a broken heart on every pew. That's always been a phrase that stuck with me. Not everybody is having a tough time, but you can bet your buck that there's a good tenth of your church that's going through a hard season. There really is a broken heart on every pew.

I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. And it could all begin today.

Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?

God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.

Apple trees bear apples, wheat stalks produce wheat, and forgiven people forgive people.