There are accidental parents, but there are no accidental children. There are illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate children.

My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I believe them both. I believe them both. I believe take up your cross and deny yourself and follow me, and I believe come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. They are different sides of the same thing.

We don't have to make the bible relevant-it is-but we have to show its relevance. What is irrelevant, in my opinion, is our style of communicating it. We are tending to still use the style from 50 years back that doesn't match who we are trying to reach today.

I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.

You do not grow stronger by accident - you grow stronger by intention.

To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.

Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience.