In the pulpit, I really feel like I'm in my sweet spot, I'm in my stride.

Giants. We must face them. Yet we need not face them alone.

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.

I think there is, not in the sense that I enjoy it, but that it's an important question. It's the question, "Does the presence of pain mean God doesn't care? Does God not love me anymore?" I think that's a very common connection we tend to make.

Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.

I don't get asked a lot of questions about science and the Bible, for example. Probably people just know I'm not very smart and I don't have an answer to those anyway.

I've never been surprised by God's judgment, but I'm still stunned by His grace.