One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God..

God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning..

I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night..

Jesus healed people one at a time because God cares about individual people..

You won't take risk without courage..

A good coach will evaluate your performance against your potential. A coach helps you measure your performance against your strengths instead of aga….

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude..

Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your cap….

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing..

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you.

The Church is a family expecting guests..

Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery d….

Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior..

Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry..

If you're a Christian you can't have an "I'm better than" attitude toward anyone because everybody is somebody for whom Jesus died..

If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence..

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue..

Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders..

People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy..

Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world..

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church..