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.

The idea of a spiritual heart transplant is a vivid image to me; once you have the heart of somebody else inside you, then that heart is there. Jesus' heart is inside me, and my heart is gone. So if God were to place a stethoscope against my chest, he would hear the heart of Jesus Christ beating.

If we are to be just like Jesus, we must have regular time of talking to God and listening to his Word.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

All preaching should be as creative as we can make it. We've been entrusted with such a treasure. To have anywhere from 50 to 5000 people who give us 30 minutes of their time to hear whatever we want to say - I think they deserve all the creativity that we can give.

Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.