We are often in danger of losing sight of the story, but God reasserts himself as the sole story teller.
We are tempted to see the obstacles we currently face as the barrier which will finally prove too great for God to overcome, but even after failure, God's purposes continue.
We tend to seeing God as playing a part in our story, but God is invites us instead to enter into his story and join in what he is already at work doing.
When we seek healing, we need to come, as with our salvation, to the foot of the cross.
God calls us beyond our culture's enslavement to coveting. He calls us to a contentment not based on what we have or don't have, but rather on who has captured your heart.
Our culture sees truth as being of limited value, but Jesus Christ is forming a people who live in and by the truth.
God invites us to abandon malice and interact with others lovingly and respectfully, recognizing the value of life.
Our culture increasingly sees the elderly as the least valuable members of society, but God calls us to abandon the crushing pursuit of our own honor at the expense of others.