We do not follow a health and wealth savior. We follow a homeless and wounded Savior.
To be a Christian is to be loved by God, pursued by God, and found by God.
The sovereignty of God is the only foundation for worship in the midst of tragedy.
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!
We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.
God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.