Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd.

The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

We must go back again and again to the Gospel of Christ crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what He did and who we are in Him.

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.

Remember that according to the Bible, the heart is not primarily the emotions but rather the seat of our fundamental commitments and trusts, and therefore it is the control center of the whole life. So to preach to the heart means to go right for the commanding commitments of people's lives that drive their desires, thinking, feeling, and action.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?