30-Minute Overview of Come and See (Faith Blueprints)

It’s not enough, Wagner says, to come once a week and hear of God’s goodness. We need to be involved in each other’s lives throughout the week.

The light we shine … always leads with grace and then truth (see Prov. 3:3–4).

When we understand the Father’s nature, we are not compelled by a command; we are compelled by His love

Believers who isolate or stay in conflict with others are a barrier to the faith. Being committed to community was never meant to be merely an option that we can add or drop.…

The problem most of us run into today is we are around or are a part of a church full of thinkers instead of believers.

Instead of being a house of prayer, most churches are houses of referral.…

When you run around on earth with the power of heaven in your life, your world should be full of stories.…

When or where you gather … is not the issue; the fact that you gather regularly and [are] practicing the core disciplines of daily personal devotion, consistent pursuit of one another, authentic sharing, faithful admonishing, biblical counseling, and missional living is.

If we come to a reverent room where we arrive on time and hush our kids but walk out of that reverent moment and live irreverent lives, what we did in that room is a mockery, and God disdains it (see Amos 5:21–24; Mal. 1:6–10; James 1:22; 1 John 3:18).…