When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That's what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

I used to tell young preachers, in order to preach you've got to have the power of God on your life. Now I tell them, in order to tie your shoes you've got to have the power of God on your life.

Surprisingly, the Christian faith today is perceived as disconnected from the supernatural world – a dimension that the vast majority of outsiders believe can be accessed and influenced.

I believe in walking in the Spirit.

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.