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God invites us to look, and then shows us something that exceeds our wildest expectations.

John Newton stood on the deck of a slave ship, watching human cargo suffer below. He knew the horror firsthand—the chains, the disease, the death. Even after a violent storm at sea brought him to faith in 1748, he continued in the slave trade for six more years.

A few years ago, I stood near the summit of Pike’s Peak with my family when the air suddenly filled with a deafening roar. The crowd around us froze, heads turning in confusion and concern.

Where does God reveal himself to you? In Scripture, in creation, in the face of someone who needs what you have to offer? And where does he invite your response?

God brings a lawsuit against his people. The charge: counterfeiting. We mint false images of Jesus and call it worship.

When the message of Christ crucified maintains its focus, when believers align around the cross rather than human wisdom or personalities, something happens that scattered religious activity can never achieve.

The world bases value on achievement, capacity, awareness, or usefulness. God bases value on something earlier: His own sovereign purpose and calling.

We follow a Savior who chose affliction over comfort, presence over distance, solidarity over safety.