This extremely shocking and utterly revolutionary call is the essence of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: we are not called to simply believe certain points or observe certain practices, but ultimately to cling to the person of Christ as life itself.

By God’s design, he has wired his children for spiritual reproduction. He has woven into the fabric of every single Christian’s DNA a desire and ability to reproduce.

Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.

We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.

The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.

God delights in revealing Himself to you when you are bold enough to bother Him. In fact, I think He would say that the only thing that bothers Him is when you don’t come to Him.

If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all