In today’s current ministry climate, the stress can feel as if it is ushering us out the church door. You may be familiar with the feeling—a hidden place where walking away feels not just like an option but the preferred option.
God did not call you to go into the accessible places where gold would be found, but the hard places where ministry must drill down into the community to find a solid foundation to build the church.
Sometimes, the leader is distracted. Other times, there are dissenting voices in the organization.
Many Christian school teenagers have a deep spiritual cynicism baked into their hardened hearts. Far too many of these teens graduate and then publicly evacuate their faith, either through outright denunciation or post–high school hedonism.
We all have areas where we can improve. Everyone can always get better. We can improve upon the way it’s always been done, learn new ways of doing things, and do things better the more we try.
Christianity is unique in its perspective of our desires, teaching that they will be sanctified and fulfilled on the New Earth.
“Surely the Good News of Jesus Has Something to Say to the Greatest Historic Injustice of the Last 500 Years.”
Yet some people go out of their way to mock God and take His name in vain. They go out of their way to insult Christians. They think it’s all a big joke.
But I know that many pastors are keenly aware of the month’s significance and desperately need whatever appreciation might flow their way as a result.
It's time to change the way we think about foreign missions and adopt a new missions metaphor.
