“Psst! Avast there! It be too late to alter course, mateys… And there be plundering pirates lurking in every cove, waitin’ to board. Sit closer together, and keep your ruddy hands inboard. That be the best way to repel boarders. And mark well me words, mateys… DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES! Ye come seekin’ adventure and salty ol’ pirates, eh? Sure ye come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open, mates, and hold on tight, with both hands if you please… there be squalls ahead, and Davy Jones waiting for them what don’t obey.”

“If you know Jesus, I am sorry to break it to you, this church is not for you.”

“When it comes to salvation, purpose gives you a revelation that “being saved” is bigger than you and heaven. You have an eternal perspective. The work of the Holy Spirit also takes on a new dimension. Luke 4:18 says, “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me.” Yes, the Spirit is on you, but purpose helps you see why!”

“If you do not believe in the heart and soul of your church, it doesn’t mean you’re bad. It does mean you have to be careful in how you leave.”

“Imagining is essential to living by faith. In fact you cannot live by faith without imagination.”

“I believe in blessed subtraction. There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God’s grace, it’ll be a mountain by the time we’re done. You either get on the bus or you get run over by the bus. Those are the options. But the bus ain’t going to stop!”

“Be willing to let people leave the church. And I told you earlier the fact that people are gonna leave the church no matter what you do. But when you define the vision, you’re choosing who leaves. You say, “But Rick, yes, they’re the pillars of the church.” Now, you know what pillars are. Pillars are people who hold things up … And in your church, you may have to have some blessed subtractions before you have any real additions.”

“I believe in blessed subtraction. There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God’s grace, it’ll be a mountain by the time we’re done. You either get on the bus or you get run over by the bus. Those are the options. But the bus ain’t going to stop!”

“I think the biggest issue is relevance, I really do. We are scratching people where they are itching.”

“The !@(#@$$ in the church is the one that always screams, “I wanna go deeper.” You know what I tell people that say that around here? You’re only as deep as the last person you served. You wanna talk deep, let’s go check your tithing record and see how deep you are.”

“I’ve come to a realization that faith, vision and dreams, they’re all synonymous. When you have faith, you always walk in visions and dreams. And when you have a vision and a dream, it will be so great it requires faith for you to carry it out. And if they are not scary or risky, then there is no need for you and I to trust in the Lord.”

“God’s plan for this planet is awesome, and his desire is that each of us fulfills his potential and plays her part.”

“I want you to live in such a way that the squirrels of this life don’t get your ‘Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups’.”

“I think that Jesus is the product.”

“Jesus became poor regarding the wealth of this world on the cross, that those who receive Him may become rich with the wealth of this world.”

“Poverty is a spirit that comes from Satan, who is the father of lies.”

“But where your money is that’s where your heart is. So if you are not talking about money, if you are not talking about finances, your heart is not with God. Because God and finances are linked together. God and money is linked together.”

“I’ve got to ask you, seriously, why have you been coming to church if you’re not bringing the tithe? Seriously! What are you expecting? Just hang out at home, man! And play golf! You don’t need to be here! What are you expecting man? Are you crazy?”

“You are destined to rein in life. You are called by the Lord to be a success, to enjoy wealth, to enjoy health, and to enjoy life of victory. It is not the Lord’s desire that you live a life of defeat, poverty, and failure. He has called you to be the head and not the tail.”

“I don’t really know what the prosperity gospel is. The way I define it is that I believe God wants you to prosper in your health, in your family, in your relationships, in your business, and in your career. So I do… if that is the prosperity gospel, then I do believe that.”

“If you practice the principles of prosperity in the Word of God, this says [Luke 4:18] says God will make you the head and not the tail.”

“That’s the kind of prophet I want to have. You know, people talk about prophets rising up in this hour. We need to have prophets who will tell us what shares to buy. Amen! About when to buy a property, when to sell a property, what property to buy. We need prophets who are a profit, amen!” (19:52)”

“Immediately [Jesus] told me He had set me apart for the purpose of bringing the end-time message of biblical economics to the Church.”

“And by the way, if there is any part of the bible you want to believe – it’s the blessing part. If you just got to doubt something, doubt the hell chapters.”

“I can’t find one place in the teachings of Jesus, or the Bible for that matter, where we are to identify ourselves first and foremost as sinners.”

“I am definitely questioning the atonement and trying to discover how we can see it in a different way… I think Jesus died because Jesus was inclusive… I think that the idea of God somehow being separated from us was more man’s idea.”

“We… are developing a theology which derives from the mystics, a theology without theology to complement our religion without religion.”

“I’m humble because I don’t know what I’m wrong about today. I’ll speak with confidence and I’ll speak with passion, but I won’t speak with certainty.”

“It’s not about the church meeting your needs; it’s about joining the mission of God’s people to meet the world’s needs.”

“The inerrancy debate is based on the belief that the Bible is the word of God, that the Bible is true because God made it and gave it to us as a guide to truth. But that’s not what the Bible says.”

“I am saying that there is no salvation apart from Jesus; that’s my evangelical mindset. However, I am not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians.”

“We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.”

“To believe is human to doubt is divine.”

“‘Raising of the dead’ is an expression which looks expectantly towards the future proof of God’s creative power over the non-existent…what ‘actually happened’ in the raising of Jesus, is thus a thing which not even the New Testament Easter narratives profess to know.”

“The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, Me too.”

“God wants to manifest Himself through you today, just as He manifested Himself through Christ 2,000 years ago.”

“The gospel came not in word only but through power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. So the gospel is demonstrating the power of the Holy Spirit… That’s how they find Christ. It’s because they believe in that manner.”

“I’m not exactly the normal kind of guy, you know. I’m from Israel. Sometimes I wish God would give me a Holy Ghost machine gun. I’d blow your head off!”

“I get so excited when I see God move on and through our children. I learn so much at the same time. Their posture of simple trust is favored of God: “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” (Mk.10:15) We know this verse is not about heaven in the hereafter, but understanding what God has made for us to apprehend of the heavenly realm here and now. However, we can only see it if we come in childlike faith.”

“Since 2001, the body of Christ has been in the Second Apostolic Age. The apostolic/prophetic government of the Church is now in place… Once we have the apostles in place, we will then bring the intercessors and the prophets into the inner circle, and we will end up with the spiritual core we need to move ahead for retaking the dominion that is rightfully ours.”

“I’ve been a defender of the prophets. And I’m still a defender of the prophets. And just because everything is more popular to be an apostle, don’t give up your prophet calling. You know, when the Apostolic came, half my prophets became Apostles… Especially in the hispanic nations… if you are not an Apostle you are a nobody.”

“This is the apostolic commission, and it is far beyond human genius or ability. If we are going to be apostolic, our labor will not be finished until Christ is formed in His people. We must not let any other emphasis eclipse this basic work. We are looking for far more than the manifestation of the sons of God; we are looking for the manifestation of the Son of God in His people. Jesus must always be the focus of our ministry if we are ever to be truly apostolic.”

“Jesus: “For the Word alone is yesterday’s manna and even they [prophetic teachers] have seen deep in their hearts that it is no longer enough to feed my people.”

“Times of great evil lie ahead. God’s army must be equipped and trained. Then it can come forth. A new breed of leaders must arise.”

“Brother Kilpatrick just asked before said, ‘We don’t know how long this revival will continue.’ I’ll tell you. This will continue until Jesus comes.”

“Shakababa! Yay God! … I just have a word -WOAH! – I feel like – Ho! – like – Shabba! WOAH! – I have a word – SHABBAH! I have a word over Australia… And the Lord says to the fathers and to the mothers, to the pastors and the brothers- shakah! – I am sending you straaaaaange fish! Heee-aay! I am sending you straaaaaange fish!”

“Too often we fail to look at others through the eyes of Jesus. While we have spent centuries arguing over the doctrine of original sin, pouring [sic] over the Bible and huge theological tomes to prove the inherent sinfulness of all humankind, we have missed a startling point: Jesus believed in original goodness! God declared that all his creation, including humankind, was very good. And it’s this original goodness that Jesus seeks out in us.”

“Jesus died for us because we have weaknesses and imperfections, and we don’t have to reject ourselves because of them. God wants us to love ourselves and enjoy how He’s made us!”

“The bottom line is that the Holy Spirit never convicts you of your sins. He NEVER comes to point out your faults. I challenge you to find a scripture in the Bible that the Holy Spirit comes to convict you of your sins.”

“Remind yourself that the Holy Spirit was sent to convict you of your righteousness apart from works.”

“There is a difference between churchianity and Christianity. There’s no doubt about that. Big difference. And Jesus didn’t come to give us a religion. He gave to give us a relationship. Remember – go back to what he said: Love God with all you heart and love your neighbor as yourself. I’m a Christian pastor, what do you expect me to say?”

“What you condemn in others, you attract to yourself! Judge not, lest you be judged!”

“I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God—I mean, that’s one way to look at it—we’re doing it for ourselves, because God takes pleasure when we’re happy. That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy. So, I want you to know this morning: Just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?”

“The gospel is really about hand to hand combat, person to person, woman to woman, reaching people everyday. That’s what the gospel is to me.”

“God is instead a metaphor for goodness and a life lived with compassion and justice.”

“Discover the champion in you!”

“Perhaps all along, my deepest joy has never been to have all my dreams come true, but rather to have God’s one dream come true: that this world will become a place God is at home in, a place God takes pride and pleasure in, a place where God’s dreams come true.”

“Heaven wants you to run the race well. Want some advice? Lose the sin-it messes everything up. Shake off the stuff from the past. Jesus paid a big price so you could do that.””