Do we believe the reward found in Jesus is worth the risk of following Him?

God chose to set his love on the Israelites not because of any merit in them but solely because of mercy in him.

A high view of God’s sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions. Maybe another way to put it, people, and more specifically pastors, who believe that God’s sovereign over all things will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.

And ultimately, If you sin against an infinitely holy and eternal God, you are infinitely guilty and worthy of eternal punishment.

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.

May even the concept of unreached peoples be totally intolerable to us.

We don’t go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best.