I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity.

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.

To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others.

You are loved by the One who knows you best. God's love will never disappoint you and never give up on you.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.