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One who loves his community destroys community; one who loves its members builds community.
To say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving.
We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
Lukewarm people love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves.
The best thing we can do is be a servant of God. It does good to stand up and serve others.
Repentance is the key that unlocks the door to all that God has for us, but it is not easy.
Let's not be intimidated by secular people who disparage Christian involvement in politics.
When someone throws trash on you, shake it off, stomp on it, and use it to rise to the top!
Don't try to transport something you don't possess...I want this truth to be incarnational.
What you believe is powerful. If you can change what you believe, you can change your life!
Nothing steals God's glory more than worrying believers who are driven through life by fear
What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.
There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.
God releases more of His power and presence according to the measure of our hunger for Him.
There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.
Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed
Of all graces, faith honours Christ the most; of all graces, Christ honours faith the most.
I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual.
Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.
Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.
Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
It is in the context...of the body in Christ that we understand who we are and where we fit.
Even the most casual events are connected to God's purpose for His people from all eternity.
Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.
If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.
Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?
Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.
As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
What appears to be a breakdown can often be a breakthrough.... IF you understand God's grace
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
Vision encompasses vast vistas outside the realm of the predictable, the safe, the expected.
The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.
There is nothing worse than a life filled with adversity from which nothing good ever comes.
Even when I cannot see him, I can hear the beautiful gallop of God's heartbeat for humanity.
I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.
If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.
I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.
Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.
Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.
Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.
People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.
We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church.
It is absolutely essential to have a living visible example of what a Christian ought to be.
Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical
You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.
You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus.
Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God.