(At the Fort Hood "Jesus test" Give-Away in the Killeen Mall - with Denbigh Cherry & his daughter Laomai)

     Several times, I have been compared to Vance Havner.  I feel unworthy of such comparison, but smile none-the-less.  I can think of no greater honor.  Vance Havner had a way with words.  The gospel never staled in his writing.  It was fresh and cutting.  In 1966, Havner put out a little volume entitled Pepper 'N Salt.  It was full of one-liners and nuggets that God had given him through the years.

     I reckon God shaped my mind in similar fashion.  In homage to Vance Havner, I have assembled a few God-given nuggets of my own.  These are a collection of random thoughts that the Spirit has placed upon my mind these past few years.

- Someone else's road to hell is paved by our good intentions! This is truer than the oft-quoted proverb of similar fashion.

- If your life is not incarnating heaven, it is perpetuating hell.

- God is great at playing tug-of-war with His servants. He eventually wins!

- All rise each morning stuck somewhere on the string between arrogance and humility. Lord, tune my heart to sing Thy grace!

- Revival begins when you come to the end of your self!

- I can accept what the lost can't understand a lot easier than I can what the church won't understand!

- The average Baptist church's indifference to the lost generations around them is as incomprehensible as a pinata party in the ash-fall of Auschwitz.

- A mature Christ-follower will not enjoy judging others.  He will take no delight in proudly inspecting someone else's fruit.

- All great movements of faith begin when only two beings believe - you....and God!

- Obedience to God's will stretches us.  Faith is the daily cross we are stretched upon.

- When you step out on faith and suddenly, it seems no one is standing around you...you have just crossed over into God Territory.

- Nothing can drain the soul of the fullness of God's Spirit like lust.

- Inviting Christ into one's heart is the pin prick that eventually leads to the total draining away of all that we are.

- A watch in a worship service should be as out of place as a Christian in hell. 

- Could it be that denominations and abominations rhyme for a reason?

- There is a vast world of difference between being a church member and being Kingdom-minded.  Church members quench the Spirit, but those who are Kingdom-minded enthusiastically embrace the unpredictable will of God.  

- It is easier to hate than it is to love. It is easier to find fault with one another than it is to unite. It is easier to suspect others than it is to celebrate our kingdom calling. It is easier to envy than it is to surrender. All of these truths are evidence that the enemy has sown his seed in our hearts.