Typically, we as Christians tend to compare ourselves to each other to define the “normal” Christian. If we look to someone we admire or respect as a Christian we many times make them a model of what we think being a Christian looks like. When it comes to sin, we don’t look to the crossContinue reading “Seven Steps to Genuine Christian Growth”
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Staying Focused on Eternity
As I look to recent “heroes of the faith” (I speak of those God has used mightily in this world. I am not idolizing people here, just admiring their willingness to serve with purity of heart.) there is usually an obvious similarity between them all. They seem to have a healthy understanding of their future home inContinue reading “Staying Focused on Eternity”
The Mission Field: Need v. Call
Last night I ate dinner with a man and his wife from my local church who were missionaries in Nigeria for over twenty years. They now serve with Overseas Council overseeing seminaries and Bible colleges. Throughout our discussion of our lives we discussed missions in general. As I listened to him discuss his involvement inContinue reading “The Mission Field: Need v. Call”
Stepping Back 