We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.

If we want to know the Glory of God, if we want to experience the beauty of God, and if we want to be used by the hand of God, then we must LIVE in the WORD of God.

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

The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.

And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.

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

We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.'