The key to ministry in any and every context, both now and for the last two thousand years, is missionary flexibility.

God, make me a man with thick skin and a soft heart. Make me a man who is tough and tender. Make me tough so I can handle life. Make me tender so I can love people. God, make me a man.

Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.

If your friends never make you uncomfortable. You don't have friends. You have fans.

Is Jesus a Saviour who saves you, or is he an assistant who helps you save yourself?

Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.

Would your city weep if your church did not exist?

Any person that says, "Of course I wouldn't do ______" doesn't know their own heart.

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

This particular strand of feminism is characterized by two tenets: 1. men are jerks, and 2. women should strive by all means to become like them.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird.

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.

The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.

Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.

I'm actually not a cannabis user frequently.

Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.