As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Every aspect of your life will be enlivened when you start to think and communicate with your heart and mind in cohesive coordinated harmony.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

I'm not gonna lie, I love the holidays. But Christmas was a lot more fun when you weren't paying for it.

Dreams don't have an expiration date.

One problem with how we think about the Bible is that people tend to jam it into narrower categories, when in fact it is many things all at once.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock.

Many peoples tombstones should read, 'Died at 30. Buried at 60.'

For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black mans humanity was not recognized.

I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.

I eat Swiss cheese from the inside out.