The visionary who is serving God ceases to live for personal ambitions, but rather for God's ambitions.

It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them.

If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people's lives; and if you want to maximize that investment, then you must invest in those people while they are young.

Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces.

Jesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed.

God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.

True visionaries are never lukewarm.

We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

Evangelism that starts at the nonbeliever's point of felt need and ties the gospel into that area of need has the greatest capacity for capturing the mind and heart of the non-Christian.

The average Christian leaves planet earth never having led anyone to Christ.

Nearly 60% of Americans who regularly attend Christian church say there is no such thing as the Holy Spirit—they say the Holy Spirit is just a symbol of God’s power or presence or purity.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.

Maybe every once in a while we can take a break from doing everything faster and quicker to reflect on who we are and where we are going.

The windows, the starving windows that drive the trees like nails into my heart.

Raising children has given me a compassionate and gracious heart for all children and people, realizing we don't always know the circumstances behind closed doors.

The single most important thing in life is to believe in yourself regardless of what everyone else says.

I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like.

Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background.

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.