God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.

You can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it.

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book, Max on Life; for many it just never gets published. 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.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

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.

There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.

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