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.

I can almost picture the disciples faces. "No, not the drink-my-blood speech! We'll never get on the list of fastest-growing movements if you keep asking them to eat you!

Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.

Who God is and what Christ did have huge implications for who we are personally and what we desire sexually.

The journey begins, though, with understanding what it means to be a christian. To say you believe in Jesus apart from conversion in your life completely misses the essence of what it means to follow him. Do not be deceived.

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

This extremely shocking and utterly revolutionary call is the essence of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: we are not called to simply believe certain points or observe certain practices, but ultimately to cling to the person of Christ as life itself.