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

God loves me so that I might make him— his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness—known among all nations.

When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.

Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him.

The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from self-denying faith and settle into self-indulging faith. While Christians choose to spend their lives fulfilling the American dream instead of giving their lives to proclaiming the kingdom of God, literally billions in need of the Gospel remain in the dark

And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.

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