For quite some time I’ve wrestled with what it means to be a Follower of Jesus living in suburbia. I’ve preached series on it, dialogued with other staff about it, heck, even the title of my blog touches upon the idea of trying to follow Christ in a culture given to consumerism (which, if anything, […]
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There are days where I come to my office and spend my time doing things like planning, having meetings, working on this, that or the other…things which don’t directly intersect into the lives of people. Those activities aren’t bad, far from it; they are needful to position our ministry for its greatest effectiveness. However, sometimes
“Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.”– Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections This evening I finished reading Jonathan Edwards’ book The Religious Affections. Edwards was a minister from the Puritan tradition who served in the New England area during the 18th Century. While he’s arguably (and somewhat unfortunately) most
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