Do you believe that Jesus is worth abandoning everything for? Do you believe him enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture - maybe even our churches - turn the other way?

The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.

I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.

Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.

Jesus came to live the life we could not live and to die the death we deserve to die.

We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.

Real success is found in radical sacrifice. Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God. The purpose of our lives transcends the country and culture in which we live. Meaning is found in community, not individualism; joy is found in generosity, not materialism; and truth is found in Christ, not universalism. Ultimately, Jesus is a reward worth risking everything to know, experience, and enjoy.