Our tendency is to be converted to church and not to Christ.

Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want to be finishing it on Friday before they preach it on Sunday, but our worship team really likes me to get it done way in advance.

Your home is your giant-size privilege, your towering priority.

Love the one who wears your ring. And cherish the children who share your name. Succeed at home first.

Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers.

I think the hardest one had to do with suffering. It had to do with all of our church members and friends passing through difficult times. Sometimes it's the global climate: tsunamis, earthquakes, radiation. I think these kinds of questions are absolutely the most difficult, yet we need to be ready to respond to them because we have to be able as pastors to walk people through these valleys, these tough times in their lives.

He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.