In his book, The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons proclaims the central mission of this emerging generation of Christians who find themselves in a decidedly post-Christian culture. They are called to be Restorers. They are called to join with God in mission to deal with the destructiveness of sin and restore the world to that which [...]

When we give our lives to Christ, we often fall into the belief that we can keep adding one thing, then another to our list of good deeds to win God’s favor. But by adding things in, the gospel that we are being faithful to has changed. We need to focus on the message of the cross, which tells us that it is the hand of God reaching down to bridge the gap created by our sin and delivering all of us from having to earn God’s favor.