I love theology, doctrine, and academic study of the Bible. But the purpose of the Christian faith is transformation, not information. When you embrace a lifestyle of faith, God will transform you from who you are into someone entirely different (see Isaiah 55). Your faith should transform you from a thorn bush into a cypress tree, from a brier into myrtle…I would encourage you: please be dissatisfied with your faith.

I was very nervous on my first day as a seminary student. I was hoping that I could slip in and out without being noticed, so I found an empty table in the library before my first class.

Of course, the library filled up, and I wasn’t alone for long. Two other students sat next to me and began to discuss the love of God.

The discussion soon turned into a debate. Then the debate turned into a heated argument. By the end, a third student had to intervene because these two guys were literally screaming at each other about the love of God.

I wish it was a bad dream, or a comedy routine. But it was real life. I went home and said to my wife Luella, “I want to drop out of seminary, because if this is what happens, I’m not interested.”

What was happening? These Christian men had a massive contradiction between the faith they believed in and the way they lived their life.

Before we point the finger and thank God that we’re not like them, let’s admit that we too have inconsistency in our spiritual lives.

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