"I don't know where you are in your spiritual walk, but we need to assess if we as the church in America are in exile, or if you, personally, are in exile. The word spoken to those in Exile is from our text in Isaiah 40. They are words of hope."

"What soldiers do when they are in trouble is call in firepower; They can't fight themselves, they haven't got the strength, but they call in the artillery, and that takes them through. Prayer is calling in the spiritual artillery. You and I aren't strong enough in ourselves, but God is!"

"Everybody has a theology, because a theology is what you believe about God. Theology, what we believe about God, intersects with everything we believe about everything else. What you believe about God impacts how you live your life, even in the small, mundane, ordinary things. How we do our work is how we worship."

"We do not live in two worlds. We do not have two lives. There is but one life, and if you are a believer, it is a Christian life lived before God. Christianity is not doing religious stuff; it is living a life before God at all times."

"What does headship involve? It involves giving yourself up fully to your wife; being concerned, interested, careful to look after her needs. To care for her as much as you care for yourself. What does submission involve? Respect, trust, and following the leader's lead."

"Put on kindness! Put on these good things! Do the opposite of what you might be tempted to do in your anger. Do the absolute opposite, and it will kill the negative anger in your heart." 

"This is what the church led by the apostles of Jesus Christ looked like in the days after His ascension; it looked like real, authentic, intentional, vulnerable, honest, genuine, sincere community. They opened their hearts to each other. They rejoiced together, and they mourned together. Not consumption, but community."

"The Bible gives encouragement and warning. If there is no life change, sorry about this, but it is what the scripture says; if there is no life change, you're not a believer. You're not saved, and not going to receive eternal life. I want an easy life, but the Bible doesn't say that! 

"Avoid situations that will bring you down. Don't think that you can do it and God will give you strength, He says 'If you go too close, I'm not giving you any strength!. I'll give you strength not to go too close! That's what you need."

"If you want to build character, if you want to be different, think differently, feel differently, and then you will act differently."