“In our faith walk, doing things our own way rarely turns out very well.” “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.’” (Matthew 16:24, NASB) What does that mean, exactly? How do we pick up our cross and follow Jesus? I was on a plane years ago, flying to appear on a Christian TV network, and picked up my Bible. As I read this passage, a voice spoke to me, asking,...

From the book: “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken Jesus, the Supreme Victim Watch: Jordan Peterson on Jesus. “To be a Christian is to accept the discomfort of a way of life inspired and empowered by a cruel, rugged old cross, a symbol of scorn and degradation.” (pg. 45) “And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me,...