Coffee Cup Christianity: Even Better Than Safe

We live in a world that has made safety a religion. And honestly? Most of us have brought that same instinct into our faith. We want God's protection more than God's will. We want the blessings without the cost. We want a Jesus that's manageable. But that's not the Jesus we find in Scripture.

In this message, Charlie digs into a phrase a lot of us have heard — "the safest place you can be is the center of God's will" — and asks whether we've gotten that wrong. Because the disciples walked toward the place where people tried to stone Jesus. Because Paul's resume was shipwrecks and beatings and prison. Because the Hall of Faith in Hebrews doesn't just include the miracles. It includes the ones who were tortured, wandered, and suffered — and of whom the world was not worthy. Safety is a good. But is it our best good?

Charlie offers three questions worth asking alongside "is it safe?" — is it on mission, is it worth the cost, and is it faithful? This isn't a guilt trip. It's a conversation about what it actually looks like to follow a God who walked into the cross.