In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit...

It's easy to demonize from a distance.

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.

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.

Jesus meets every one of our deepest needs. And what we need to do is accept his gift of a pastor-given, purposeful living home in heaven.

The only thing that matters is here and the only thing that matters is now. And America's inability to delay gratification is because we do not have eternal thinking.

To fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God’s agenda for your life.