Quotable Quotes from Dan...

"The Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.  We serve a Holy King and a loving Father--not a set of rules."

"The call is always to discipleship--not merely a theological persuasion. Discipleship is always personal--it's Him and me submitted to Him."

"When we make choices, there are consequences, and we are responsible. Change isn't change until it is change. Whose approval will you seek first and foremost. We are either embracing the Kingdom of God, or we are in--or moving towards--a dictatorship."

"Disciples are supposed to be becoming like their Master."

"God sacrificed (and) invested His best for us.  He expects our best for Him as His rightful harvest."

"Prayer is a two way street: we need to speak to God, we need to HEAR God speak to us."

"The challenge for each of us, as believers--as disciples--is to live CONSISTENTLY with no fear and utter abandon to Jesus Christ."

"Only as we are Born Again--made new by God--can we forgive with the forgiveness God has given us, and do to and for others as God has done for us."

"Our belief is not in "Christianity"--it is in JESUS! HE is our living Hope, our Shepherd, Prophet from God, our High Priest and King. He is the Resurrection and the Life. We pray to Him; we hear from Him; our desire is to obey Him and become like Him."

"Living by rules (Law) as opposed to living within relationships (Love) will gradually crush the life out of a person."

"A crisis only reveals what is truly on the inside."

"FATHER, we pray that You will heal us of our deepest wounds and deliver us of our greatest fears."

"God is not unaware of our reasoning, need or feelings. But He is moved to act when we display and prove that we have faith and trust in Him."

"If authority is not righteous and God-ordained, it's only 'power'."

"Many 'denominations' began with the best of human intentions. The problems come when they forget that God desired to use them as a means to HIS ends......and decided to become an end in themselves."

"The Gospel is one of Grace, but we must understand that God's real and true Grace is an enabling to become more Christ-like, not a mere allowance to continue to be unchanged."

"God calls us to become H o l y not merely "nice"."

"Too many believers take their cues from an unregenerate world, not a regenerating Word and Spirit."

"If the Gospel has not had the power to change you, then either what you believe is not the Gospel, or what you say you believe may be the Gospel, you just don't believe it."