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

We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.

The gospel beckons our sin-sick souls to simple trust in Christ, the only One who is truly radical enough.

God chose to set his love on the Israelites not because of any merit in them but solely because of mercy in him.

God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.

The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.

It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.