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

God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.

We do not follow a health and wealth savior. We follow a homeless and wounded Savior.

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.

We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us.

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

Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel.