And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.

I couldn't really jet off to the States on a whim and a prayer.

There is indescribable joy, deep satisfaction and an eternal purpose in dying to ourselves and living for Christ.

I can almost picture the disciples faces. "No, not the drink-my-blood speech! We'll never get on the list of fastest-growing movements if you keep asking them to eat you!

Who God is and what Christ did have huge implications for who we are personally and what we desire sexually.

Our great need is to fall before an almighty Father day and night and to plead for him to show his radical power in and through us, enabling us to accomplish for his glory what we could never imagine in our own strength.

Surely the greatest social injustice is that 2 billion people haven't heard of God's love in Christ.