It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith. It's like the Laodiceans, who thought they had everything until Christ told them they were poor and wretched.

God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.

I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them.

We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.

If I were Satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God's kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit.

Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it