I believe a personal relationship with God is healthy, but organized religion has potential for danger, in whatever faith.

Vengeance fixes your attention on life's ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice.

We refuse to believe that this present world is the sum total of human existence.

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

What we realize is number one, people want to know what the Bible says. In their heart, they want to know the Bible but it is just hard to understand the big picture of it. And number two, they want to know where they plug in.

What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

A couple of things have helped. One is that I dont travel any, that takes a lot of time from peoples schedules, if they travel, so I dont travel.