Community is essential when it comes to successfully living out the Christian walk in a day-to-day context. So the math is simple: More community = More disciples.

If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.

Regrettably, we've made it acceptable to sit in church week after week & do nothing & still call yourself a 'Christian.'

A church without the broken is a broken church.

To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.

The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion.

You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.

Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

If we demand things in worship that can't be in every culture, then we're demanding cultural preferences, not biblical.

Put your 'yes' on the table and let God put it on the map.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

Marriage is the only Institution With One Access: Entrance Only, No Exit, No Outing Option So Look Well Before You Dive Into It

The only God who can lead you out of trouble when you are pursuing your dreams is the one who gave you that assignment. Neglecting him from your plans is tantamount to commitment of suicide.

Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone that I may take comfort a little Before I go to the place from which I shall not return.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Its hard in the firehouse to avoid the dessert thing. At 3 in the morning after some emergency, I have been known to eat an ice cream sandwich.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Our system is a mess, but 90 percent of America has insurance coverage.

I did one pageant in sixth grade, and I loved it! I loved the dresses and the big hair.

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.