If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.

While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.

Consider what it takes for successful businessmen and businesswomen, effective entrepreneurs and hardworking associates, shrewd retirees and idealistic students to combine forces with a creative pastor to grow a "successful church" today. Clearly, it doesn't require the power of God to draw a crowd in our culture. A few key elements that we can manufacture will suffice.

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

The price of our non-discipleshi p is high for those without Christ.

Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.

Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?