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Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.

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Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.
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Christianity does not start with an invitation we offer to Jesus, but with an invitation Jesus offers to us.
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The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.
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We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.
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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 Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.
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If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.
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This is the gospel. The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection so that all who trust in Him will be reconciled to God forever.
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Unreached peoples are unreached for a reason. They're hard, difficult, and dangerous to reach. All the easy ones are taken
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Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of our need for his grace.
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Our greatest need is not to try harder. Our greatest need is a new heart.
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The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.
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We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.'
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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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Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.
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Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator... until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, No.
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The mega-strategy of Jesus: make disciples.
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One of my favorite sights is to look across a room packed with people with their Bibles in their laps, studying who God is and what God has said- after midnight.
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We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.
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The sovereignty of God is the only foundation for worship in the midst of tragedy.
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