Imagine baking a cake and only using half of the prescribed ingredients.  Imagine building a car and using only half of the needed parts.  Imagine building a house and only using half of the lumber needed to build the house properly.  No one in their right mind would ever expect that cake, or that car, or that house to turn out right…right?

But what if we do that with our Christian faith?  What if we have the same approach toward being a follower of Jesus?  What if we leave out half of the equation?