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We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.
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I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a large church, living in a large house, and surrounded by all the comforts this world has to offer. But inside I had a sinking feeling that I was missing the point.
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The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.
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We assume that our race simply deserves heaven that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.
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Some people think that if they will do certain things, they will somehow earn the favor of God, but this misses the whole point of Christianity and ironically devolves into a me-centered approach.
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We don’t go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best.
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To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath.
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I always questioned if I was CALLED to adopt, but then I realized no child was ever CALLED to be an orphan.
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In a world where everything revolves around yourself-protec t yourself, promote yourself, comfort yourself, and take care of yourself-Jesus says, 'Crucify yourself. Put aside all self-preservati on in order to live for God's glorification, no matter what that means for you in the culture around you.'
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We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.
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The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.
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Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.
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God loves me so that I might make him— his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness—known among all nations.
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What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God? What if that was enough for us? What if it didn't take a great band to evoke that kind of response from us in worship? What if His presence - His Word opened - what if it was enough?
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We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.'
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Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.
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If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.
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We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.
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It is impossible to be a follower of Christ while denying, disregarding, discrediting, and disbelieving the words of Christ.
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God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel.
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