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Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.
It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.
The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.
The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
I've worked in the business world and, as a futurist, the whole 20 years that I've led at Mosaic.
The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future.
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.
Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.
Often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power.
I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.
True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.
Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.
We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.
It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.
The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.
Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.
It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.
Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?
We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams
When researchers try to break down what is happening at Mosaic, far too often they see the skin and miss the heart.
How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.
While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful.
Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
Los Angeles has been known as the center of creativity but has often been equally known for the absence of spirituality.
A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.
We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.
The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer.
I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.
God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.
It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.
The word 'entertain' means to hold someone's attention, and what we want is a faith that is vibrant and alive and beautiful and real.
You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.
We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.
I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith.
We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.
We're a part of the insurrection, trying to turn Christianity upside down. We're an experimental church: God's research and development arm.
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.
Promise Keepers was looking for a movement that can actualize the hope of Jesus, the hope that we see. And 'Uprising' was what they were looking for.
When we look at history, we see history is made up of the heroes of their times. Yet, somehow we miss this when we put on the lens of the Scriptures.
When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.
Within a moment there is monumental potential. That is the mystery of a moment. It is small enough to ignore and big enough to change your life forever
If you come at the Bible as if it's a document of encyclopedic information, you've pretty much killed any kind of life change in a seeker and unbeliever.
I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.
If we keep asking the wrong questions, we are just going to get better wrong answers. The solution to lack of community isn't to give up on the community.