Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.
Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior.
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
The church must capture and keep the minds and hearts of students.
If we start to dumb down what has been made clear, where does that stop?
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 doesn’t want to sell its products to a gay couple, it’s their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.
When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.
Environments are the messages before the message.
People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
There’s a monumental difference in believing in God and believing God.
Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.
Every arena of life intersects with what’s going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it’s going. Everything.
The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.
Vision evokes emotion. There is no such thing as an emotionless vision.
My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.
How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.