Quotes from Andy Stanley

Lord, help us to see trouble coming long before it gets here. And give us the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to do it.

After all, it takes a lot of planning to marry the wrong person.

Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both... It's easy to create an all-truth church model. It may be even easier to create an all-grace model, but Jesus didn't leave either option on the table.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

So what's the deal with the desert? I don't know. But I do know the time between catching a glimpse of what God wants to do through us and the time when we are led to move out often feels like a desert experience. The desert always feels like a complete waste of time. It is only when we are able to look back that our desert experiences make sense.

If we're going to reach the unchurched, underchurched, dechurched, and postchurched with the gospel in a culture that's trending post-Christian, we must rethink our approach.

Theology isn't what drove them to their...theology." author writes on dealing with the embittering experience of those who protect a wounded place with abstract arguments.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Prov. 3:6)

That would hurt the one I love the most.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

The roots of envy always run deeper and wider than the relationship in which it surfaces.