Quotes

[1993] Is AIDS a judgment of God? I could not say for sure, but I think so.

[on church] Churchgoers are like coals of fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

[on forgiveness] If His conditions are met, God is bound by His Word to forgive any man or any woman of any sin because of Christ.

[9/11 sermon] The dead are in paradise and would not return to us if they could.

We sometimes forget that some of the loneliest people in the world are those who are constantly in the public eye. They have spiritual needs like everyone else.

[on love] God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died it was God saying to the world - I love you.

[on Salvation] Is it not arrogance or narrow-mindedness to claim that there is only one way of salvation or that the way we follow is the right way? I think not. After all, do we fault a pilot for being narrow-minded when he follows the instrument panel [while] landing in a rainstorm? No, we want him to remain narrowly focused!

[focused on the Heart] Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.

God loves homosexuals as much as anyone else. I think homosexuality is a sin, but no greater than idolatry and adultery. In my judgment, is not that big.

[Who considers himself as a failure] I am the greatest failure of all men. I was too much with men and too little with God. I was too busy with business meetings and even conducting services. I should have been more with God, and people would've sensed God's presence about me when they were with me.