“To be in Christ—that is redemption; but for Christ to be in you—that is sanctification! To be in Christ—that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you—that makes you fit for earth! To be in Christ—that changes your destination; but for Christ to be in you—that changes your destiny! The one makes heaven your home—the other makes this world His workshop.” (Major W. Ian Thomas, The Saving Life of Christ, p.20)
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We have made incredible progress is the dissemination of information.
But it seems we have experienced sad regress in the dissemination of life.
Because of electronic and technological advancements we are able to pass information at speeds and with ease unimaginable even just a few years ago.
Those same means however seem to have served, not to connect us more deeply, but to isolate us more thoroughly.
We can get data out in a flash. But it seems we can barely look another human being in the eye and have a meaningful conversation.
As a people called not to the dissemination of information, but to the transference of life, I think we have to ask: Have we helped or hindered the progress of the Great Commission of Jesus?
“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.” –G.K. Chesterton
History, like statistics, will tell you anything you want it to say, if you torture it enough.
My heart is full of praise to the Lord, having just returned from a wonderful time of ministry in Russia. I was invited to teach a one week intensive course in the masters program at Kuban Evangelical Christian University in Krasnodar, Russia.
This included forty hours of instruction in five days. The course was called The Pastoral Epistles for Pastors and was based upon the work presented in my commentary by the same name.
Here are the students I was blessed to spend that week with. Hungry for God’s Word and eager to serve Him in touching the lives of others for Jesus’ sake! What an honor it was to spend this time with them.
Please meet Eugene, the world’s greatest translator! Seriously, he’s brilliant. I was blessed to work with him.
Thank you to all of you who prayed! Please continue in prayer for the school, its leadership and their students.
In addition, I was blessed to spend the weekend in Moscow with our sister-church, Open Door Church. Pastor Dima invited me to share from God’s Word and Pastor Venya did an awesome job of translating. What a blessing to partner with these fine folks in ministry! Pray for them as they seek to impact this major world city with the Gospel.