Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.

We are not the end of the gospel; God is.

Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood, and Jesus' words in Luke 11: 13 assume that we know we are evil.

The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.

The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.

The Word of God and the Spirit of God are enough for the people of God to enjoy and spread the worship of God.