Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.

Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.

The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He’s great and deserves to be the center of our lives.

It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.

...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

...no worship is better than apathetic worship.