It's helpful to remember that God doesn't belong to Christians, Jews, Muslims or anyone. We belong to God, not the other way around.

If, in your attempt to follow Jesus, you exclude, condemn or discriminate against someone, you are doing it wrong.

Part of leadership is preparing those who follow to someday go on ahead without you.

Your message is only as loud as the actions that accompany it. Live your message and it will be heard loud and clear.

We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline.

If your ministry can't work without you, then it is no longer Christ-centered. Minister toward Jesus, not yourself.

Remember that churches would be empty ruins without the sinners who transform them into places of life, love and worship.