There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society.

We (Christians) are always in the presence of God. There is never a non-sacred moment! His presence never diminishes. Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of His presence never changes.

Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.

I've never really prided myself as being quick on my feet.

I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly short. So I feel as if I need to get into that pretty quickly and make it as practical and accessible as possible.

My parents, they were good, godly people, but they never said, You need to write.

I simply think God is greater than our weakness. In fact, I think it is our weakness that reveals how great God is.