When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

Besides, Jesus was a rich man. He had to have been, in order to have supported his disciples and their families during his ministry.

Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

Most of what I have seen, the churches that are growing are the best are those that are nondenominational. But I don't think it's because they are nondenominational. I think that there's a certain method by which they go about reaching out to people that are not as traditional as your mainland churches generally do.

The standard is the standard and whomever walks in the door at the time I need a person in that position who can do that job with excellence and who understands my vision, if they can fulfill it, they got the job whether they're young, old, black, white, male or female.

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.