For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.

I think the current book [for Christian apologetics] is by Lee Strobel, its called A Case for Christ.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

Pastoring the flock with words. I love that. We always have a prayer time in the middle of our service. We take about eight or ten minutes before I preach, after we've sung, and invite people to come forward for prayer. That's a tender moment to me. I don't preach much in that, but I like to speak to the people.

Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.

If relationships matter most then [at the end of our lives], shouldn't they matter most now?

Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.