From the beginning, our church decided to partner with nonprofit organizations that were making the biggest difference in their local communities and around the world. These organizations are run by the best of the best. They're marked by clear [...]

So I wanna begin today with something that's common to all of us. This is actually something that we all, and this is gonna be kind of a strange way to start, something that we all have in common, not just with each other. This is something we all [...]

So Madonna and I, Madonna and I are the same age. I am glad you laughed. Some of you took speech in college or you took a speech class somewhere along the way. And Dr. Rifkin, when I was at Georgia State University said, now, when you start a [...]

For those of you who are communicators, whether it's in business or wherever you communicate, here's a little communication tip. If you speak from your weakness, you will never run out of material. Yeah, if you speak from your weakness, you'll never [...]

If you've been at one of our churches or attended one of our churches for any length of time, you are familiar with these two phrases. Circles are better than rows and life is better connected. Hopefully you've bumped into these. But even if you've [...]

Andy Stanley : So would you please welcome our special guest, Dr. John Dickson. I've been so looking forward to this. We've already talked so much about all these things, but real quick, my introduction to John came through his book, "Bullies [...]

So, for the first half of my life, I was often introduced as, this is Dr. Charles Stanley's son. And honestly, that never bothered me. There were a lot of perks to being his son. And for those of you who don't know, my dad was a famous pastor on [...]

So today I would like to begin with a question that if you are a Christian, you may have been afraid to ask, 'cause it's like I don't, can we ask questions like that? So I'm just gonna say maybe what you were thinking, but it's also a question that [...]

Hey, wanna welcome all of those of you watching online from wherever you are in the world. For those of my friends up in North Carolina, over in Highlands and South Carolina and camp grounds all over the country, get all kind of cool email from [...]

So I wanna begin with a question that you may have pondered at some point, or maybe not, but maybe it's a question we should all ponder, especially either those of us who have been Christians for a long, long time, or for those of you who are [...]

So, like most fathers, I have had multiple father fails through the years. And I thought I would share one with you because you would like to hear that. So here's one of my biggest ones. When my kids were little, of course they wanted to go to [...]

So today we are actually beginning a brand new series I'm super excited about, it's entitled The Fundamental List. And I love this title, I did not come up with it, but I love the title, "The Fundamental List" instead of The [...]

I wanna welcome all of our campuses around the city of Atlanta, around the state, around the country, and more and more around the world as people join us from all over the place. And it's so fun to see this growing network of people who understand [...]

So, I wanna begin with this question, and you don't have to raise your hand or elbow anybody, but because I think we've all experienced this. Have you ever forgiven someone without being asked? Like, you just decided, "You know what? I'm not [...]

Now, no surprise, I love the local church. I love the church for lots of reasons. I'm a preacher's kid, so it was a big part of my life growing up. And preacher's kids, we see the best of church and we see the worst of church. And any preacher's kid [...]

I think we should give the invitation now, Bill? Yeah. One of the things that I've always been so proud of is inviting, Sandra and I both, inviting people to any of the environments at our church, whether it's Sunday morning service or the other [...]

So when our oldest son, who is now 30, was seven years old, this true story 'cause I'm in church so I wouldn't make this up, when he was seven years old, our standard babysitter, you know how have like the go-to babysitter that, you know, she's [...]

So today, I want to begin with, this is just my opinion, which you don't come for my opinion, but this part's just my opinion. I wanna begin with what I think is the most important, one of the most important, one of the most catalytic relational [...]

Today I am beginning a brand new series, a three-series entitled "The Weight of Your Words," "The Weight of Your Words". We've all been told, or we've all heard that actions speak louder than words. And when it comes to [...]

So I wanna begin by talking about your favorite person. I don't know who they are, but everybody has a favorite person, so I want you to think about your favorite person, or maybe one of your favorite people. And this is somebody you know [...]

Hey, growing up in our home, and I bet your home was similar, there were certain words that were off limits in our home. And again, I grew up in a different generation than some of you, but here was one of the big ones. In fact, I, it's hard for me [...]

So, here's something we've all thought and perhaps something, at some point along the way, you have said out loud after someone was found out. Every week, somewhere in the news, or whatever your newsfeed is, or whatever you look at, there's somebody [...]

So, like many of you, hopefully, most of you, I absolutely love Christmas. And one of the reasons that I love Christmas and this season is because my immediate family isn't complicated, and that makes it more enjoyable, right? Hopefully you have a [...]

Empathy is, it's such a powerful thing. Sympathy, not so much, but empathy. When you meet someone, and they can't solve your problem, but they have walked through similar, a similar path, experience what you've experienced, and when they go, ah, I [...]

So good morning, everybody, and Merry Christmas. Thanks for joining us from wherever you're joining us from no doubt you have already seen or you'll soon begin to see the signs and the bumper stickers and the clings that say Jesus is the reason for [...]

Well, like most families, probably like your family, we had rules in our home for our kids. We had two overarching rules. I've talked about this before so I won't belabor the point, but our two overarching rules were honor mom and don't tell a lie, [...]

So today, we're actually in part two of a series, if you're just joining us, entitled "Heaven: Who Goes There?"? And if you weren't here for the first part of this series, some series you can get just kind of drop in, you know, and sort of [...]

So there's a story that was told of a Sunday school teacher who had a group of first graders, and he decided that he wanted to explain to these first graders what they had to do to go to heaven. But he decided before he did that, he wanted to know [...]

Yeah, listen to all the ladies clapping. That's exactly right. Yeah, Sandra would say it this way, "I think that's where Andrew learned it," she would say. And she still says, she says, "Andy, you need to understand, what's mine is [...]

It's closing prayer, I think that's pretty much it. So here is a verse of scripture, here's a verse from the Bible that appears on no sticky notes, on no makeup mirror, anywhere. "Wives", I haven't even read it yet. "Submit yourself [...]

So a couple of things about me that maybe you can relate to: I don't like to be told what to do. When things are my ideas, I don't mind doing them; but when I'm told that I need to do 'em, for some reason I push back. I know that's immature, and you [...]

Today we are beginning a brand new series entitled "You'll Be Glad You Did: Timeless Advice for Troubled Times". Now here's what we all have in common. This isn't a religious thing. This is just the thing thing. We have all lived. Most of [...]

So first of all, I wanna talk about my eye. So I have the worst bloodshot eye in the world. I just wanna get that out of the way. And so some of you, if it grosses you out, if you'll just look up here, and not look at the side screens, it'll be a [...]

So if you've been with us, this will make sense, if not, I'll catch you up in just a second, but we continue to get these amazing over-underreaction stories from people in our congregations who are trying to apply this at home. So I just wanted to [...]

Today, we are in part two of our series, "Reactions Speak Louder Than Words, Reactions Speak Louder Than Words". Now last week, if you were with us, you'll remember, and if not, I'm gonna catch you up, I introduced a concept, I just made [...]

So here's something that always causes us to stop and stare, perhaps at times, duck and run for cover. And it's an overreaction. An overreaction. You've seen this, you've seen people overreacting to something, and you just have to stop and stare. In [...]

So today is actually part two of a series, two part series called Not in It to Win It. And it's based on my brand new book entitled, Not in It to Win It. And I do not like it when pastors leverage their platform as pastors to sell books, and so I [...]

Last spring, and depending on when you're listening to this, spring of 2021, we were coming out of COVID yet again, you know, we keep coming out of it, and then dropping back into it. We had just finished up a very contentious as you know, election [...]

So I absolutely love Easter. Sometimes people say, "Well, Andy, you know, when Easter rolls around, it's the same story all over again," and I'm like, "Yeah, but I absolutely love, love, love this story". But the thing is, to [...]

Today, we're wrapping up our series, "Investigating Jesus". It's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot of fun for me to prepare this series. I actually started a year and a half ago, then we postponed, because of the pandemic. So it was so [...]