Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey.

God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.

I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.

If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all

It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.

Passionate worship always leads to personal witness. Always. And what that means is . . . if we’re not witnessing, there’s a problem with our worship. We’re not seeing God for who He is! We’re not realizing what He’s done! We’re not realizing the magnitude of what He’s done for our souls!

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