I have a great staff at the church; they protect me and allow me to focus on more of what I do best.

People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.

Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.

Do you understand what God has done? He has deposited a Christ seed in you. As it grows you will change. It's not that sin has no more presence in your life, but rather that sin has no more power over your life.