A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

God doesn't owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I've found is that explanations don't comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

Jonathan Edwards is without a doubt the most brilliant mind America ever produced. I'm not talking about theologian; I'm talking about mind and everybody. I put him above Einstein and everybody else.

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.

Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.