If you're the only hot dog stand in town, your hot dogs don't have to be good.

Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.

Complexity is the enemy of clarity.

We don't drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

It’s unfortunate that someone can grow up hearing sermons and Sunday school lessons, yet never be captivated by the Scriptures.

Jesus didn’t command his followers to feel something. He commanded them to do some things.

You don’t sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it’s the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.

The best way to know if someone is prepared to commit is to examine his or her prior commitments. If you want to know how someone will behave tomorrow, take a look at what he or she did yesterday.

Believe what you want But don’t dumb down what Jesus said.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.