Whereas disinfecting Christians involves isolating them and teaching them to be good, discipling Christians involves propelling Christians into the world to risk their lives for the sake of others. Now the world is our focus, and we gauge success in the church not on the hundreds or thousands whom we can get into our buildings but on the hundreds or thousands who are leaving our buildings to take on the world with the disciples they are making

God actually delights in exalting our inability. He intentionally puts his people in situations where they come face to face with their need for him.

Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father.

Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God

People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians

My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached.

The primary reward of the gospel - God himself