I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.

If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.

When grace happens, we receive not a nice compliment from God but a new heart. Give your heart to Christ, and he returns the favor.

I know what I'll be preaching in the spring, what I'll be preaching in the summer, and what I'll be preaching next fall.

Every time we equip the church with a verse, chapter or a story from the Bible, we're really placing another weapon in the hands of the Holy Spirit that He uses to challenge and strengthen the church. I think that's very important.

When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eyepopping bigheartedness happens.

Theres a verse thats meant a lot to me ever since I was in my early 20s. 2 Timothy 2:8, Paul told Timothy to remember Jesus Christ, descended from David and raised from the dead. Thats a good principle, that if my theology, my whole life can be focused on remembering Jesus. Just trying to remember who He is, what He did, being strong in what He did and what He accomplished.