The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions.

I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity.

In our competitive world we're taught to never quit trying, never give up, and never give in - so we don't hear much about surrendering. If winning is everything, surrendering is unthinkable. Even Christians would rather talk about winning, succeeding, overcoming, and conquering than yielding, submitting, obeying, and surrendering. But surrendering to God is the heart of worship.

I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.

Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.

Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.