Positivity is always the fullest expression of any value. If you prohibit hate, it’s not as strong as commanding love. If you prohibit stealing, it doesn’t legislate generosity. The best way bank tellers are trained to recognize counterfeit bills is to be intimately acquainted with the authentic ones.

Discern where people are. Ask questions. The three magic words that will make you a fascinating conversationalist are, “Tell me more”. The best way to edify other people is to focus on what is true, right, beautiful, ennobling and uplifting. When you project ‘positivity’ you shine like a sun in the center of every constellation you enter.

We don’t change the Word of God in the name of outreach, as if God needed us to run a wiser P.R. campaign than what He gave us in scripture. We don’t filter anything out of our teaching. The Cross is offensive. We preach Christ crucified and the whole counsel of God, no holds barred. The message of the Cross is designed to either transform you or make you uncomfortable.

How can a person really love children if there is an expiration date based on age which is attached as a condition to the flow of that love?

Children are the weakest members of society, sometimes marginalized even while they are being idolized. Children simply help test our love and our willingness to live a life pitched towards raising up others.