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.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist.

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

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

If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.