The courage to do what is right comes from the right kind of fear.
Jesus is looking or people with breakthrough faith. Faith breaks through the reality of the present to grab hold of the reality of the future Jesus has for us.

Being baptized in the Spirit leads to all kinds of powerful experiences.

Don’t settle for fake or shallow experiences, chase the promise.

The multidimensional purpose of the cross.

If you want to truly follow Jesus, you've got to let him set your expectations.
Following Jesus means embracing the four "alls" of Jesus' famous last words in Matthew 28:18-20.
No place can be paradise until you deal with the sin and brokenness inside you. Only Jesus can do that, and when he does you can experience paradise anywhere.
On the cross, Jesus finished the new creation and then entered into the powerful rest of reigning over it. He also left us the task of extending this new creation out into the world. "It…
In the moment on the cross when Jesus cried out, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?" he taught us something about moving beyond why.
Usually when we ask God "why?" it's because we…