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We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.'

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We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.
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Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.
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The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.
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As I looked at material and spiritual poverty in the world around me, including approximately 2 billion people who haven't even heard the gospel, I knew that I needed to make some major changes in my life.
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If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001.
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To be a disciple of Jesus is to make disciples of Jesus.
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This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation.
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We act, though, not under a utopian illusion that you or I or anyone or everyone together can rid this world of pain and suffering. That responsibility belongs to the resurrected Christ, and he will do it when he returns. But until that day, we do with an undivided heart whatever God calls us to do.
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God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.
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God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally.
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Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to go to others to share the gospel.
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The very first word out of Jesus mouth in is ministry in the New Testament is clear: repent.
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God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.
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Passionate worship always leads to personal witness. Always. And what that means is . . . if we’re not witnessing, there’s a problem with our worship. We’re not seeing God for who He is! We’re not realizing what He’s done! We’re not realizing the magnitude of what He’s done for our souls!
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When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.
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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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This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood, and Jesus' words in Luke 11: 13 assume that we know we are evil.
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While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.
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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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