Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

How grimy did God get when He reached down to clean you up? How grimy are you willing to get in order to be an 'imitator of God'?

We're also a multi-site church, so we have other pastors on other campuses who want to read the message before the video plays on the weekend services. So it just works better for me.

CAN is 100 times more important than IQ

God understands how you feel and has faced what you face.

I love everything about the Christmas season.