The mortal world is in a state of Beautiful Chaos and destruction, which will ultimately lead to an exquisite end.
Our problem is that we are in the Word but not under the Word.
You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are.
If you leave the church service thinking about how good the pastor was, he has missed the mark. If you leave consumed with Christ, the pastor has been used by the Lord.
Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.
God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.
People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. Nonsense. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant!
People ask me all the time what it's like to work with my mother. I feel completely blessed because, first of all, this has given us an opportunity to enrich our relationship in ways we never could have imagined. Our time together is purely creative. It's unfettered by politics or the news of the day or aches and pains or family dramas or anything else. This time together is sort of golden and protected as being just creative time, which is heavenly.
Life is a test and this world a place of trial.
If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality springs.
I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.