You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule.

Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO.

You don't fall in love. You commit to it.

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship.