If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught..

My first reaction in pastoral care is not to explain. And again, I don't think the primary purpose of the Bible is to explain suffering. I never have….

We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves..

I am opposed to the redefinition of marriage..

God's Word is not meant just to inform you, but to transform you..

the moment you stop learning, you stop leading..

Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all.….

But no one who is lost has lost one ounce of value to God. Even if you don't have a relationship with him, you have immense value to God..

AIDS is the leprosy of the 21st Century. Where did Jesus hang out? With lepers. Jesus would love on people with AIDS..

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use..

Faith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave you the ability t….

Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one..

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too..

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day..

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times..

You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time..

You must begin with God..

In pain, I'd rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers..

In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up..

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others..