T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

If we start to dumb down what has been made clear, where does that stop?

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give us what we deserve- that's mercy. In addition, God decided to give us exactly what we didn't deserve- we call that grace.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.