Believing that God is good is absolutely vital to becoming effective in the ministry of the Gospel. Our endurance in representing Jesus well and consistently is dependent on this one thing. God is absolute goodness. Bill Johnson et al

The Word of God is given for our instruction. In receiving it, we become equipped, empowered, and directed to a lifestyle that displays and fulfills the will of God on earth. Bill Johnson et al

Jesus Christ is the fullest and most precise revelation of the Father and His nature that could ever be made known. Bill Johnson et al

All around us are orphans. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about our neighbors, our bosses, our friends in church, or the conflict in the Middle East, or even the battle between political parties—we are being led and fed by orphans. They have no answers. They just have different ways of deadening the pain. Bill Johnson et al

Those who are without discipline are not real heirs and descendants. They are fakes. They may talk the talk, but you can’t authentically walk the walk without discipline. Bill Johnson et al

Jesus came to a planet of orphans to reveal what we needed most—the Father. Tragically, that wonderful revelation suffers under the broken condition of our present family culture. Bill Johnson et al

Love requires judgment if it’s to be real love. Love without judgment is apathetic, lethargic, and passionless; it really isn’t love at all. Bill Johnson et al

Everything about God is extreme in the best possible sense. He is infinitely good, infinitely holy and powerful, infinitely beautiful, magnificent, and glorious. Bill Johnson et al