It's easy to demonize from a distance.

There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.

Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

Sacrifice is the essence of love, which is the essence of God.

Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.

I'm not looking for peace on earth through a political solution. I'm a pastor. The Bible talks about three kinds of peace. There is peace with God. There's the peace of God. And there's peace with each other.

We have to be even more Christocentric because of the influence of Islam today.