God has put you in this culture at this time for a reason.

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

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

Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.

And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.

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

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