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I write all my sermons.

To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.

I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.

When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and they start writing too late. Others don't like doing research, so they move way too fast to the writing part.

I don't like to consider myself a normal preacher. When you look at religious people, they're the ones who hung Christ from the cross. I look at myself as a man carrying a message of hope.

From my youngest days, I always felt certain affinities with the idea of being a preacher.

I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian following. I love writing kids' music.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.

I am not a preacher; I'm a reacher.

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.