What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do.

Stop listening for a voice and start looking for a verse. He's already spoken.

Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.

The ground we have in common with unbelievers is not the Bible, but our common needs, hurts, and interests as human beings. You cannot start with a text expecting the unchurched to be fascinated by it. You must first capture their attention, and then move them to the truth of God's Word. By starting with a topic that interests the unchurched and then showing what the Bible says about it, you can grab their attention, disarm prejudices, and create an interest in the Bible that wasn't there before.

If you want to know why you were placed on the planet, you must begin with God.