Christ ascended to sit at the Father's right hand. In the ancient world, 'sitting on a throne' signified the act of ruling and reigning. Christ is the king who continues to rule over all.

What if the underlying malady afflicting Christians today isn’t that we take Jesus too seriously, but that we’ve failed to take Him seriously enough?

We need substantive partnerships. The future will be in shared ministry and leadership, which will require us to grow in emotional intelligence.

The wise sages are the teachable ones. They're the ones who are still learning. There's a humility there.

One of the best tricks of the devil is getting you to think his ideas aren't just yours, but even God's.

Being the people of God together is inefficient and complicated. We have to slow down when the world speeds up, gather when the world scatters, commune when the world critiques.

Prayer is an audacious act of participation. It requires both parties to be engaged. It's not just monologue.

Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.

What if the primary task of the devil to stop the next renewal is to just get us to waste so much time?

The New Testament actually talks about suffering as a means and mechanism by which God is bringing about his kingdom and glory.

Younger generations are looking for sages, desperate for something of richer history that's been anchored for longer than them.

Technology will not engage the heart, soul, mind, strength, or provoke love. It’s just a little helper in the background.

If we are going to treat the church like a marketplace, then we can’t complain when people who come to our church have a consumer mentality, because we’re training them to do that.

Two great questions to ask young people. (1) What do you no longer believe that you think I still believe? (2) What do you now believe that you think I don’t believe?

It wasn’t until I desired God more than my other desires, including romantic love, that I was able to ascetically give my sexuality over to Jesus. That’s when Jesus became Lord in my life.

God passed down a recipe and a menu to lead us to freedom.

If we can learn to tell the story as one big story, we begin to understand that this was and is an ongoing story of faithfulness, love, and rescue.

We're always being conditioned. The question is: Who is doing the conditioning?