Over the years I’ve grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!
I’m a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.
If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.
If you really believe in the message you’re preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.
It’s hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn’t have a blog component.
Jesus on Twitter would have been a pretty amazing thing.
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.
I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.
To the infinite, all finites are equal.
Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.
In my experience, take the Holy Spirit out of the equation of your life and it spells boring. Add it into the equation of your life and you never know where you are going to go, what you are going to do, or who you are going to meet.
Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn’t know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren’t emailing each other.
We pray as if God’s chief objective is our personal comfort. It’s not. God’s chief objective is His glory.
Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.
Finally, I learned that we shouldn’t seek answers as much as we should seek God.
God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.
You cannot be in the presence of God and be bored at the same time. For that matter, you cannot be in the will of God and be bored at the same time.
Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn’t give you what you asked for?
Id rather be biblically correct than politically correct.