“Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them.”

“He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.”

“...she had the conviction of the newly converted, which wouldn't last forever, but would for the moment brook no discouragement or allow for second-guessing.”

“The problem in the church today is that we treat God's glory as a by-product and the missional activities of the church as the primary thing when the opposite is what Scripture demands. We don't proclaim the gospel and feed the poor and shepherd the flock in hopes that God's glory will be the by-product of those activities. We seek the revealing of the glory of God through the methods He prescribes so that His glory is revealed in the church. When that happens, the lost are converted, the poor are fed, the saints live in unity, and much more, all as by-products of God's manifest presence in the church.”

“That young man with the long, auburn hair and the impudent face - that young man was not really a poet; but surely he was a poem.”

“I thought this would be the end of your antics. There are three hundred guests sitting in the church and suddenly you believe you can fly?”