“Confusion and mistakes come when we forget the importance of God’s word as our unwavering guide.”

“Why are we asked to make the most important decisions of our lives when we are so young, and so prone to mistakes?”

“The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to personal preferences, to whims, or to marketing strategies. It is the pleasing of God that is at the heart of worship. Therefore, our worship must be informed at every point by the Word of God as we seek God’s own instructions for worship that is pleasing to Him.”

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”

“I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wrong. Confusion is the place where learning occurs.”

“We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.”