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

If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.

God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel.

Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning.

The journey begins, though, with understanding what it means to be a christian. To say you believe in Jesus apart from conversion in your life completely misses the essence of what it means to follow him. Do not be deceived.

Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.

I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a large church, living in a large house, and surrounded by all the comforts this world has to offer. But inside I had a sinking feeling that I was missing the point.