"There are no shortcuts to maturity in discipleship; it was, is, and always will be learned over time and under pressure walking in union with Christ."

"Evil does not fight against evil, rather it struggles against Good. Where as, Good does not struggle against evil, rather it overwhelmingly defeats it."

"The synoptic Gospels of the New Testament manuscripts make us aware of Christ's character and gives us a view of the 'son-ship' He modeled which flowed out of that Divine character."

"Being that 'reason is not antithetical to faith' (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that 'theology matters' (Wimber), then 'empowered evangelicalism' (Nathan) is the natural expression of discipleship."

"Instead of hopping around like a wild in'jun on fire, try counting from 10 backwards while hopping on one foot"."

"Never regard study as a duty but as an enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later works belong."~Albert Einstein"Einstein is referring to ones 'legacy' and its intended future recipients as being willfully purposed to benefit them on their journey through this gift of life given to us by God."

"Greed applied is prosperity realized."

"Continual prayer is a lifestyle."

"Love is faith in action."

"Critical thinking is a necessary and vital skill."

"Everything I have learned has not come from books, it has come experientially over time under pressure walking with Christ."

"Sharks to not eat Chinese people because they get hungry thirty minutes later."

"Knowledge & understanding mixed with ones convictions of 'experience' is hardly impositional."

"Character is what we do when no one else is watching."

"The free-will of men and the sovereignty of God are operationally co-existent, neither Reality impunes the 'co-dependent' authority of the other."

"I contend that those who Agape can only administer mercy and grace."

"The problem with the church is the church."

"God has certainly not called us to throw our brains out the window as an appropriate response to His Grace."

"Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics."

"My purpose in beginning the John Wimber biography project was to honor his rich legacy of teaching, his extraordinary character, and the positive & beneficial impact his life has had on my journey as a 'follower of Christ'. I esteem John Wimber's teachings, writing, and impact upon the Body of Christ to be equal with that of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, John F. Banks, D.L. Moody, and Leanne Payne."

"There are three people one can never reason with: a drunk, a crazy person, and a fool."

"I'm of the opinion and quite certain that our 'personal histories' with God are meant to be well informed by the Scriptures."

"The Reality of the Creator God of Christianity blatantly reveals itself in His majestic handy-work."

"Although there are several 'schools of thought' relating to why God allows mental, emotional, and physical afflictions, it essentially remains a mystery."

"Do I believe in demonic possession?My thinking is more aligned with 'demonization' in the context of Christianity & Spirit-filled believers, whereas I am quite certain an 'unbeliever' can possibly become 'possessed' by a demonic spirit('s)."

"You can walk in the Light or you can grope around in the dark because there is no walking with Jesus by candle light."

"We are no longer under the 'Law', but rather the Grace of God in Christ."

"Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."

"Don't settle for less than God's best for you."

"We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled."

"The world and it's people are my church."

"God impressed me with this a long time ago: 'Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it to you!'."

"It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the 'spiritual disciplines' whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does 'volunteerism' facilitate the formation of Christ's character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.'Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted' (Woods, 2007)."

"This ain't my first rodeo!"

"Logos (The Biblical Manuscripts/Canon of Scriptures) & Rhema (The Person/Life/Words/Death/Resurrection of Jesus Christ): The 'special' & 'ultimate' revelation of God. Without these revelations God would be unsearchable, unknowable, and inscrutable."

"And, yes we are much like kites when the image is one of spirituality and the winds of the Holy Spirit shaping, directing, instructing, and otherwise affecting our lives."

"As Christians it is not just for us to know what we believe, but why we believe it."

"Reason and Faith are no more antithetical than the mind and the heart, for neither one exists or has meaning without the other."

"To us post-moderns, empathy is a stranger in a strange land."

"I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity."

"I am in complete alignment with my thinking with this statement by F. F. Bruce: 'Whether our approach is theological or historical, it does matter whether the New Testament documents are reliable or not'."

"The more important point is that Reality is much more 'nuanced' that we may imagine. Operationally co-existent economies make for a much better fit into what we now know about our material universe per quantum physics, et al. This is after all His creation and He is the Rational One. Reason and Faith are not antithetical, but rather synergistic."

"Ah, a breath of fresh air: reasonable faith!!!"

"I am a 'Light' seeker with a 'tude'!."

"Good and bad exist always, everywhere."

"Be annoyed and sin not."

"It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into a credible, and creatively persuasive tapestry."

"Reason and Faith are not antithetical, but rather synergistic."

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

"God is great, God is faithful."