You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!

Everybody's got a worldview. Everybody's betting their life on something. ... You just better know why you're betting what you're betting on.

Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

Let me tell you how worthwhile you are. You are infinitely valuable to God. First, God created you. Second, Jesus died for you. Third, he puts his Spirit within you. Fourth, he wants you to be with him forever in eternity. That's how valuable you are to God. You are infinitely valuable to God.

It's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I don't always make good choices. Other people make bad choices. I make bad choices. And sometimes we hurt other people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.

There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.