If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.

Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.

God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.

Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."

We had one rule which was 'whatever you are feeling, that's okay'

I'm looking for a second reformation. The first reformation of the church 500 years ago was about beliefs. This one is going to be about behavior. The first one was about creeds. This one is going to be about deeds. It is not going to be about what does the church believe, but about what is the church doing.