Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse.

Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.

Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?

A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.

Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

The people knew then that Greg wasn't a monster, just a hungry animal.

She teaches me that the world is made to be pounced on and enjoyed, and that there is absolutely no reason at all to hold back.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.

Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun.

When I was younger I got bullied about the way I looked and I thought once I was older it would stop. I hated going to school, but didn't know who to talk to about it. It knocked my confidence a lot.

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

I still have never met Harry Saltzman, and was told he is quite unpleasant.

Time helps a lot. I found the fame thing really was a torment for a while. Then you learn to deal with it.