If you claim to be a follower of Christ, I encourage you to consider your present commitment to a local church.

I want to move from what we let go of to whom we hold on to. I want to explore not just the gravity of what we forsake in this world, but also the greatness of the one we follow in this world.

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

People will never know how glorious the cross is until they know how serious sin is.

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.

God really is in the business of blessing his people in unusual ways so his goodness and his greatness will be declared among all peoples.

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