While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

The depth, width, ferocity, and immensity of God is seen most spectacularly in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Church worshipping as a Creature of the Word doesn't show up to perform or be entertained; she comes desperate and needy, thirsty for grace, receiving from The Lord and the body of Christ, and then gratefully receiving what she needs as she offers her praise- the only proper response to the God who saves us.

The general confusion is that our moral behavior is what justifies us before God. Most of us would never say that with our mouths but we feel that lie in our heart and believe it in our minds. You can be morally upright and not be a worshipper of Christ at all.

Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.

This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you.

Until Christ is our treasure, any other motivation we have to suffer for him is a fool’s errand.