It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.

All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them.

Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.