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

Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

I think the hardest one had to do with suffering. It had to do with all of our church members and friends passing through difficult times. Sometimes it's the global climate: tsunamis, earthquakes, radiation. I think these kinds of questions are absolutely the most difficult, yet we need to be ready to respond to them because we have to be able as pastors to walk people through these valleys, these tough times in their lives.

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.