Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

Now I believe in Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. I believe that we are in Christ, we are hid with Christ in God, and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. So in essence, for Satan to get at me he has to go through the Trinity.

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.

I am motivated by the fact that in the next 365 days, 136,000 Californians will die and most of them will go into an eternity without Christ. In the next 365 days, 2.4 million Americans will die; most of them will go into eternity without Christ. In the next 365 days, 74 million people in the world will go into eternity without Christ and without hope. I can't live with that.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.