You'll never come second by putting God first.

Within the soil of a discouraging season can often be the seeds of incredible blessing, miracles and breakthrough!

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many.

When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!

The Church is not an enforcer of rules, but an outpost of grace

Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.

Love is a very compelling argument.

Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.

The strength of a good friendship that goes the distance will be unconditional love.

Leaders goal: Understand the power of serving a leader further down the road than you because leadership is contagious.

his unwavering confidence - but now, it feels like a brand of indifference

We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.

Beneath the worst the world can do, there is always the glimmer of the best.

Everything that is ponderous, vicious and pompously clumsy, all long-winded and wearying kinds of style, are developed in great variety among Germans.

Hillary Clinton hasn't created a job.

You can call us rednecks if you want. We're not offended, 'cause we know what we're all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary.

People in bigger towns are very aware of their surroundings. The people in the smaller markets, they will show up with flip-flops and shorts and just kind of already have a buzz on.

There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicians' advise not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.

It's hard to be a friend to someone who's depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.