A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

To me, thinking with the mind of Christ means to be thinking in light of eternity, which is what Colossians is all about; and that our lives are hid with Christ in God and that eternity, we're going to spend far more time on the other side of death than this side.

A church will never grow beyond its capacity to meet needs.

Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.

The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will treat you with respect. Today, tolerant means - 'you must approve of everything I do.' There's a difference between tolerance and approval. Jesus accepted everyone no matter who they were. He doesn't approve of everything I do, or you do, or anybody else does either. You can be accepting without being approving.

If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.