The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared.

If the apostles reminded even Paul himself to remember the poor (Galatians 2:10), then surely the rest of us need such a reminder.

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, is to deny that there is a God governing the world. Abraham Lincoln

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

What defines us as Christians is not most profoundly that we have come to know him but that he took note of us and made us his own.

Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.