We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.

To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

All I did was collect a few of the questions I've been asked through the years, write up a brief response and put them in this publication. As a pastor, you get asked questions and receive emails. Many of them I had answered, but just in conversation. So we kind of re-crafted the question and answered it. It turned out to be an interesting exercise. I hope it's encouraging for people.

As long as you hate your enemy, a jail door is closed and a prisoner is taken. But when you try to understand and release your foe from your hatred, then the prisoner is released and that prisoner is you.

When no one is watching, live as if someone is.