If there's no Scripture in the worship set, then it's not really a worship set.

Worship is admiration becoming adoration.

The enemy of joy is not suffering, it is idolatry.

Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ.

The greatest motivation to share the gospel w/ someone today & everyday: Another voice around the throne. A louder song for Jesus.

My scars are numerous, my flesh is powerless, my enemy is dangerous, but my God is glorious and His grace is totally sufficient.

We must begin to understand that the gospel deconstructs a man before it reconstructs him. First it teaches him he is entitled to nothing, and then it give him everything.

If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things.

If the gospel has never broken you, you have never really heard it.

Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?

We never begin worship. We aim it.

Coachable leaders are ready and willing to make the needed changes and adjustments in their lives.

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

The worst decisions in life we make are always the one we make out of fear.

The Jews always complained, kvetching about false gods, and erected the biggest false God, Jehovah, in middle of western civilization.

It is terrifying to think of what a commodity art has become.

Don't be afraid of new arenas.

You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.

Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.