It’s tempting to invest time and energy attempting to change culture. But what if we focused that same investment into creating culture? The Church is at its best as a counter-cultural force in the world.

Rarely is someone argued into changing their opinion, but many have been loved into a new one. Let’s seek to win hearts, not just change minds.

Peace is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God. As we learn to abide in Him, our lives can become a refreshing oasis, no matter what desert we may be living in.

Christianity is different in that it changes WHY we obey God. The wonder of the gospel transforms our motives from duty to desire. If you find yourself trying to live for God because you have to, try this prayer - “God, I want to want to!”

Desperation is often the unseen force that drives us to God. But it’s a poor long term strategy. If our desperation never deepens into desire, we will lose interest in God once we regain some control over our lives. “I need God” has to become “I want God!”

Two types of characteristics describe God. Incommunicable characteristics belong to Him alone (omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence). But his communicable characteristics are contagious. To become more like Him, we’ve got to remain in Him.

Yes, great question!

Life doesn’t always give us what we want. That’s one of the reasons fasting is so practically relevant to discipleship. It’s an intentional practice in self denial that strengthens our impulse to turn to God when our flesh is denied.

Without Good Friday, our judgment day is before us in the future. But because of the cross, judgment day can be behind us in the past. “It is coming,” which produces fear and striving, is changed to “It is finished,” which produces peace and rest.

Biblical justice is giving people what they deserve. It is both retributive (the just and equitable accountability someone deserves), as well as restorative (the just and equitable access someone deserves as a person created in God’s image).

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One of life's great challenges is living in the tension between the life you see and the life you have. Keep dreaming. Be content.

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