"American churches are full of people who would rather romanticize the past than step out into faith for what God has in the future"

"In Haggai, the people of God were more worried about their own homes and comfort than God's mission. So are we today."

"Christianity is not self-improvement, it is self-replacement."

"There is no way to separate true, life long celebration from salvation."

"Heaven is more excited about 1 sinner who repents than the 99 of you who don't think you need to."

"The difference between a religious person and a Christian is that a religious person obeys in order to get things from God, and the Christian obeys because he loves God and rests in the righteousness given to him by faith in Christ."

"The 'prodigal son' demands his inheritance because he cares about his dad's stuff more than his dad. We are often the same."

"Repentance is hard because it is, at its core, admitting that we were wrong."

"One of the reasons we have so many unhealthy Christians is because we hide from each other."

"The goal of giving is to reap a harvest of righteousness, not a harvest of riches." "God may bless us with material blessing. If he does, then the purpose is to make us generous, not rich."