If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer and evangelism, you rob God of His glory and Christ of His sufficiency.

We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.

If we could understand how impossible our situation is, we would grow in reverence for the kingship of Christ.

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there.

Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn’t need a makeover.

As you consider selecting songs for your worship services, consider them in light of the truth of the gospel. Imagine the songs as teachers--because they are! If your people could understand your doctrine only through the music you sing, what would they know about God and His pursuit of us? If your people could understand your church's beliefs only through the music, what would they know?

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.