We get 80 years, maybe at the most 100. Trillions of years in eternity. This life is preparation for the next. This is the warm-up back, this is the dress rehearsal, this is the get ready, this is the first lap around the track before the real race begins because it is in eternity.

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

Every small group has at least one 'difficult' person in it. If you don't immediately recognize who that person is -- it's probably you!

We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.

We don't have to make the bible relevant-it is-but we have to show its relevance. What is irrelevant, in my opinion, is our style of communicating it. We are tending to still use the style from 50 years back that doesn't match who we are trying to reach today.

I am opposed to the redefinition of marriage.

It is a fatal mistake to assume that God’s goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it. The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance, and faithfulness to God does not guarantee success in a career or even ministry. Never focus on temporary crowns.