We live in the most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, and I get the sense that because of that reality so many of us are turning nativist.
Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don’t endanger us in our relationship.
I don’t have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.
I’m a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I’m going to bring on a co-teacher, but I’ll still be a pastor and a writer.
Every movie really does have a message. Somebody somewhere is trying to make a point or advance a cause or promote their agenda. There’s nothing wrong with that. They try to do so in an entertaining fashion.
My thinking is that miracles exist to reveal God, but miracles don’t exist for God to do me any favors.
All of my sermons become books. I’ve been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation.
I believe you select a president who best represents what you think are the values that God wants us to have.
To live as God’s child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more.
I believe a personal relationship with God is healthy, but organized religion has potential for danger, in whatever faith.
I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.
Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.
When we’re in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, “God is not here.” We have to draw near to God.
The Bible teaches us that God does not cause pain, but that He uses pain and evil to advance His cause and shape His servants.
Every faith has its story; every faith has its roots.
The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it – and then everybody votes with their footsteps.
Ggrace is God’s best idea – it’s His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.
Waiting is an expectant patience. It’s a patience that says, “I don’t know what God is going to do, but I know God is going to do something.”
Staying engaged with God is absolutely essential for getting through a tough time.
All my books come out of sermons, and I’m really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.