The greatest things in life are not things.
The Bible tells us that there are some things worth fighting for. In fact, the Bible says there’s some things worth dying for.
Pain is the fuel of passion – it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don’t normally possess.
Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you’re acting like an atheist. You’re saying, “It all depends on me.” That’s just not in the Bible.
We must learn to share the gospel in ways that show it is both GOOD and NEWS. The gospel is about what God has done for us and what we can become in Christ.
It takes no courage to say or do what’s popular.
Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.
Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.
I just think the Internet has made us ruder.
America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn’t create you to live for you. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to put aside your selfish ambition.
Don’t let your net worth determine your self worth.
Lust is raw selfishness. It’s all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.
Some opportunities are a calling. Others are a distraction. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.
Who are you going to live for – yourself or God?
I am opposed to the redefinition of marriage.
Some people want tolerance to mean now that all ideas are equally valid. That’s nonsense. There are some things that are right and there are some things that are wrong.
I can’t get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything.
I’m naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.
I don’t think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.
There’s never going to be peace in the world until there’s peace in nations. There’s never going to be peace in nations till there’s peace in communities and families and in individual lives.