Christianity does not start with an invitation we offer to Jesus, but with an invitation Jesus offers to us.

He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration.

The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world. And it's more than having a nice life.

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

When God tells us to give extravagantly, we can trust Him to do the same in our lives. And this is really the core issue of it all. Do we trust Him? Do we trust Jesus when He tells us to give radically for the sake of the poor? Do we trust Him to provide for us when we begin using the resources He has given us to provide for others? Do we trust Him to know what is best for our lives, our families, and our financial futures?

We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.

The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.