“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am…..
The church is the body of Christ whose sole purpose is to take the Gospel to the world. We are called to walk the same lonely paths Jesus walked and be rejected and persecuted because of His name. However, in our zeal to make an imprint on the world we frequently put on evangelistic shoes that are one size too big and end up eclipsing the…..
Jesus made it clear that the defining characteristic of His disciples would be the way they loved others. Inspired by Jesus’ words we get down to business and start combing the neighborhood for people to love. We pull out our checklist and begin our agape Christian marketing scheme: Family -check; friends – check; church – check. We…..