Start Here: Read the Gospels Until They Wreck You
The world doesn’t need another church program. It doesn’t need another Christian conference, another worship playlist, or another “inspirational” sermon that makes us feel good for an hour.
What the world really needs is simple: we need to start reading our Bibles.
Not casually. Not a verse a day with a coffee cup on Instagram. I mean dig in. Start with the Gospels. Read an hour in the morning and an hour at night. When you finish John, start over. Then do it again. Every day. No exceptions.
Because here’s the truth: how can we expect to understand what Jesus is telling us to do if we don’t even know His words? Not skimming. Not cherry-picking the comfortable parts. But really knowing them on a deep level, until His voice is burned into our minds more than the voices of culture, politics, or even preachers.
Pep Talks Won’t Save Us
Church was never supposed to be a weekly pep talk.
Jesus didn’t bleed on a cross so we could gather once a week, clap for a band, nod at a sermon, and then go home to live exactly the way we did before. That’s is NOT discipleship.
Paul warned Timothy that people would “gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear” (2 Timothy 4:3). That’s what happens when we treat church like a spiritual caffeine shot instead of a call to follow Christ with our whole lives.
Good People Still Go to Hell
Let’s be blunt: our goal shouldn’t be to be “good” people.
Being good won’t save you. Helping your neighbor won’t save you. Voting a certain way won’t save you. Only Jesus will. He is the only way (John 14:6).
Hell will be full of “good” people who thought their morality, charity, or religion would be enough. Heaven will be full of broken sinners who clung to Jesus, believed His words, and obeyed His call.
The Call Is Clear
So what should our goal be? To follow Him.
Not just admire Him. Not just sing about Him. Follow Him.
And if we’re serious about that, we have to open the Gospels and let His words wreck us, confront us, and reshape us. That’s where He lays it all out, what He values, what He commands, what He warns, and what He promises.
“If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). There’s no way around it. Love for Jesus is proven in obedience.
And we can’t obey what we don’t know.
Where to Begin
If you feel disillusioned with church culture, burned out on religious noise, or lost in the chaos of this world, start here:
- Read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
- One hour in the morning, one hour at night.
- When you finish John, start over.
Do this every day. No exceptions. Watch what happens when the voice of Jesus becomes louder than every other voice in your life.
Let’s Get to Work
Discipleship isn’t about feelings. It isn’t about looking spiritual. It isn’t about being good.
It’s about Jesus. About knowing Him, following Him, and obeying Him.
The Gospel is simple, but it’s not soft: If you love Him, do what He said. And He already told us exactly what that is.
