Following Christ takes sacrifice. Those sacrifices could cause many of your friends to leave you. When you quit going to smoke break, going to the bar, going clubbing, or even going to Sunday brunch due to service, your friends can get offended. A lot of American churches try to sell the idea that we can still be the same person we always were, but just add Jesus so we’re saved and don’t go to hell. We can do everything exactly the same except sometimes we go to church and pr

Remember when you were so excited to become a volunteer at church? You were anticipating impacting the lives of the nursery children or making someone’s first impression great as you greeted them at the door. It was so new and fresh and you began to make deeper connections with other volunteers and leaders. Then something happened. That little something Sally Sue does started to really get under your skin. Getting the materials together seemed like such a chore. Would anyone