“Reflecting God, innovative believers tend to have it. And it is borne out of their passion to please God, reach people, and help those in need.”

“Men tend to have the beliefs that suit their passions. Cruel men believe in a cruel God, and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly God, and they would be kindly in any case.”

“Your greatest ministry innovation could come from your greatest limitation - if you have a sincere passion to reach and care for people.”

“Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.”

“Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not God Himself.”

“People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.”

“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”

“Any genuine experience of God will send us out to serve those whom God loves. And working with people will make us aware of how much we are in need of God, of God’s help and guidance. This will gradually usher in a rhythm of prayer and work – prayer leading to work and work leading to prayer. So the integration of prayer and work takes place existentially.”

“I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.”

“When you reach out to hurting people, that’s when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”