Occupation: Pastor Birth: January 28, 1954
We're going to serve in eternity. We're not going to sit around on clouds; you know this whole idea of heaven is wearing white robes with angels and ….
Maturity is produced through relationships and community..
When you get to heaven God won't ask you why you weren't more like Billy Graham. He may ask you why you weren't more like you. Get in touch with wh….
Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions..
You are not an accident. Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did….
The first purpose of your life is to be loved by God! Yes, it is important to serve him, obey, and trust him, but your first purpose is to love him..
Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow….
The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read.
I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness..
You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.' The Bible is very clear that God has….
Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it..
You will be tempted by the need to feed yourself..
The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers..
War is and always has been a brutal exercise that destroys lives, families and communities. It is never something for which we hope..
Many of the liberal people tend to say, "Well, the solution is government." I couldn't disagree more. The government cannot solve the problem and nev….
I believe in the five solas. One hundred percent believe in the five solas. And I am - to those of you who know about this - I'm a monergist [someone….
I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything..
It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it..
To accomplish anything you must first have a mission, a goal, a hope, a vision..
God wants us to practice on Earth what we're going to do forever in eternity..
God wants to produce the character of Christ in our lives because he knows that the more we become like him, the more fulfilled we will be..