We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.

If you have two coats you have stolen one. We have no right to have more than we need when someone else has less than they need.

There are some Christians who totally disengage from politics and set their minds on heaven so much that their faith is so heavenly minded that it is no earthly good.

Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.

But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last will be first, I started wondering why I was working so hard to be first.

One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.

People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live.