Sublime

Five years later, we still need to be reminded that God is bigger than we think.

start a movement called Aspiring to the Median, where people commit to living at or below the median U.S. income ($46,000 in 2006) and giving the rest away. Is it intimidating to think about giving radically and liberally?

When we gather as the Church, we are supposed to “stir up one another to love and good works” (Heb. 10:24).

Unfortunately, we’ve conditioned ourselves to hear messages without responding. Sermons have become Christian entertainment. We go to church to hear a well-developed sermon and a convicting thought. We’ve trained ourselves to believe that if we’re convicted, our job is done. If you’re just hearing the Word and not actually doing something with it,

The other Christians in our lives should be pushing us to take the Bible more seriously, but unfortunately, they are often the very people who are encouraging us to relax and take it with a grain of salt.

Many pastors expect their members to sit under their teachings till they die rather than training them to leave and shepherd others.

Our love for Him always comes out of His love for us. Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you? Do you really know and believe that God loves you, individually and personally and intimately? Do you see and know Him as Abba, Father?

When people tell me they don’t feel close to God, I ask them how often they share their faith.

Gathering with the Church should lead us to holy ground. You get to come and worship Someone else, with someone else. You get to pour out love to Him by serving those around you and considering them more important than yourself.