- Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to get into their pews or their favorite church parking spot.
- Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.
- It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.
- We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers.
- When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
- People are funny. They want the front of the bus, middle of the road, and the back of the church.
- Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your door for years.
- Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.
- The phrase that is guaranteed to wake up an audience: "And in conclusion."
- If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.
- Not only are the sins of the fathers visited upon the children, but nowadays the sins of the children are visited upon the fathers.
- God Himself does not propose to judge a man till he s dead So why should you?
- To make a long story short, don't tell it.
- If your left hand doesn't know what your right one is doing, you should consider running for a job in Washington.
- Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
- I don't know why some people change churches. What difference does it make which one you stay home from?
- A lot of church members are singing "Standing on the Promises" while they are just sitting on the premises.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
