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.

The primary reward of the gospel - God himself

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

We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community.

The mega-strategy of Jesus: make disciples.

Christianity is radically different from every other religion in the world.

The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.