Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.

There's two kinds of thinking. There is conjunctive thinking and there's disjunctive thinking. Disjunctive thinking says it has to be either/or. Now clearly, there are some either/or's - I either trust Christ or I don't. I'm either pregnant or I'm not. But a lot of thinking in Scripture, when it comes to theology is, in my opinion, conjunctive thinking. It's both/and. I believe that and I believe that.

America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn't create you to live for you. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to put aside your selfish ambition.

God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.

Receiving, reading, researching, remembering, and reflecting on the Word of God are all useless if we fail to put what we learn into practice.

There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.