Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do.
I have always and will always stand on behalf of justice and do not condone oppression in any form.
Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history.
Anything you can do that connects believers with one another engages the church to go the next level, which keeps the pastor from being burnt out, which therefore keeps him in the ministry.
Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core.
If you're not married, and your boyfriend is putting his hands on you, you know he ain't the one, because you know that will continue.
Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending.
It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities.
Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation.
What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history.
The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible, the more chaotic things become.
The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics.
America was never officially a Christian nation, since neither Jesus Christ nor the Bible are mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. But there's no denying the influence Christianity has had on our country.
Separation of church and state should never mean separation of God and right.
The separation of church and state is a suburban, not an urban, issue.
The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church.
Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life.
You can't blame things for being dark if the light bulbs aren't working. So we're complaining about the darkness when the bulbs aren't working, and the Bible says that we are the light of the world.
I condemn racism on all levels, whether personal or systemic.
I must confess that it is a lot easier for me as a pastor to preach about prayer than to spend that same amount of time engaged in it.
