I believe that the gospel and the American Dream have fundamentally different starting points. The American Dream begins with self, exalts self, says you are inherently good and you have in you what it takes to be successful so do all you can, work with everything you have to make much of yourself. The gospel begins with God, the reality that we were created to exalt his name to the ends of the earth.

We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.

Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your life will ultimately serve to increase eternal glory with your God; 'Light momentary affliction.'

To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath.

When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.

This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness

The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers