Outreach Leaders

The team behind He Gets Us is using surprising and relatable moments from Jesus' story to meet people where they are and turn their notion of a "Christian message" on its head.

God’s love of complacency is the special delight and pleasure He takes first of all in His only-begotten Son. It is Christ who is the beloved of the Father, supremely; He is the Son in whom the Father is “well pleased.”

Then I saw it. Down in the corner the small print said, “Results may vary.” Ahh. Yes, indeed. Results may vary. The old “caveat emptor.” Let the buyer beware.

Dallas Willard said Christians are mean in proportion to when they value being “right” over being “like Christ.”

There are some battles we need to fight, but we don't need to wage every cultural war. Here are three signs that you might be dying on a hill that Jesus never asked you to.

Loss is a debilitating feeling. Something as simple as losing your keys creates anxiety and unsettledness until they are found. The loss of a job triggers fears, insecurities and doubts, the feeling of being abandoned by God.

What is the central message of Christianity? This is a subject of timeless importance in a day when many insist that the central message is kindness in interpersonal relations, or that it is societal justice.

I’m concerned with the level of functional atheism that exists in the church of Jesus Christ. Yes, we believe that God exists, that he created the heavens and the earth, that the Bible is accurate, and that paradise awaits, but we often live—at a functional level—as if there is no God.