Elemental

Our story isn't the story, it's just a story in God's story of grace. The story is God glorifying Himself through the grace He has shown in and through Jesus.

How does the Church demonstrate the wisdom of God to the entire cosmos?

When your story tells God's story, it can change their story.

Instead of asking what our spiritual gifts are, we should be asking ourselves this question: What does love require of me in this situation?

We need to look for ways to leverage what gifts we've been given.

People who belong to the Kingdom of God are people who serve. How does service drive us toward Christlikeness?

God desires intimacy with us and to know us closely. Jesus often spoke of God the Father "drawing" us to Himself.

Since Jesus has provided a way for us to come into God’s presence, we ought to pursue that relationship.

You cannot separate the Living Word (Jesus) from the Written Word (the Bible), because God never leaves His Word alone.

What is God’s message of forgiveness and reconciliation and how do we need to respond in our relationships?

The ownership principle teaches us that all we have is from God; it’s his, and we are only managers or trustees.

It is God’s desire that we would live in the present world like we are going to live in the world to come.