God never asks us to give what we do not have . . . But he cannot use what we will not give.

What if there are children who will suffer somehow because I failed to obey God? What if my cowardice costs even one child somewhere in the world his or her life?

The beautiful simplicity of our faith is that it distills down to the exact same bottom line for both the brilliant theologian and the five-year-old child: love God and love each other - period.

And when we go to church, read our Bibles, have our quiet times, and go to Christian conferences, we too can build some impressive spiritual muscles, but unless we use those spiritual muscles to change our lives, build the church, love our neighbors, and care for the sick and the poor, we...are just posers. Let us not take God's truth for granted.

Can you imagine the impact on our own culture if American Christians began using their riches as if they belonged to God?

If we truly love God, we will express it by loving our neighbors, and when we truly love our neighbors, it expresses our love for God.

God never asks us to give what we do not have . . . But he cannot use what we will not give.