The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers

Consider the cost when Christians ignore Jesus commands to sell their possessions and give to the poor and instead choose to spend their resources on better comforts, larger homes, nicer cars, and more stuff. Consider the cost when these Christians gather in churches and choose to spend millions of dollars on nice buildings to drive up to, cushioned chairs to sit in, and endless programs to enjoy for themselves. Consider the cost for the starving multitudes who sit outside the gate of contemporary Christian affluence.

In our evil we rebel against God. We take the law of God, written in his Word and on our hearts, and we disobey it.

I want to move from what we let go of to whom we hold on to. I want to explore not just the gravity of what we forsake in this world, but also the greatness of the one we follow in this world.

Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father.

Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.

In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.