Saturate your preaching with the gospel in the church, so that you people speak gospel in the world.

Why make disciples? Because heaven and hell exist, and the end of the world is coming.

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

We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.

This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood, and Jesus' words in Luke 11: 13 assume that we know we are evil.

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

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.