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.

Worship is admiration becoming adoration.

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

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?

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

We never begin worship. We aim it.

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

I didn’t treat my girl like she was mineYeah, I thought I didn’t need her at the timeBut I changed my way of thinkin’ when she leftYeah, I finally learned my lesson, but I learned it by myself

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Love must have wings to fly away from love And to fly back again.

From last night's All Together Now, a Celebration of Service: There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.

You would think that everyone would leap at the chance to get rid of sin. Not so. They want relief not a cure.

You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.

The audience is astonishingly friendly and tolerant of even the slightest dab, but is limited in its willingness to look either deeply or at length.

I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.

This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.