A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church.

Our greatest need is not to try harder. Our greatest need is a new heart.

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

We need to know what the Bible says about abortion and marriage, poverty and slavery, and we need to see how all of these issues fundamentally relate to the gospel.

As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.

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.

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.