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" Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today. "

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" If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media. "

" If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. "

" I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down. "

" Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved. "

" The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe. "

" My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places. "

" When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me. "

" We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore. "

" I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything. "

" My message is that God is a good God. "

" I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it. "

" Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better. "

" It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. "

" I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.' "

" If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay? "

" We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views. "

" A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do. "

" I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be. "

" I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. "

" Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. "

" I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class. "

" To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger. "

" I mean we all need a second chance sometimes. "

" I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing. "

" If you give, you will be blessed. "

" Do all you can to make your dreams come true. "

" There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers. "

" Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof. "

" I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell. "

" I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well. "