Some churches would rather die than to get out of the comfort of the past.

Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.

The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists.

So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do for your church.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

Faith and optimism are contagious.

Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.

Churches should evaluate everything they do to determine how it can be done better.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.

Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.

Should I after tea and cakes and ices have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?

Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

We have elders who [are] misguided and wallowing around in troughs of money with the wrong sort. They're not really good elders for the youth to emulate. The youth rightly don't like them.

... the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.

There was one awkward moment where a black man stood-up to ask a question and out of habit, Bush said 'Clemency denied.'

Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .

As an actor in these movies you get to fill up something so much, to its capacity, and once you get there you're like a horse running onto the racetrack.

Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment.