So let the horn sound. Challenge boys and men to follow a different path. Model what this looks like. Show them how to live for Christ, and to serve family, church, and society. Absolutely.
Author: Jojo Agot
Pastor at Victory. Faculty and adviser at Every Nation Leadership Institute (ENLI). MA in Theology and Mission at Every Nation Seminary.
Crisper Colors
New eye glasses. Clearer vision. It's like I'm seeing crisper colors for the first time in a long time. My world looks clearer today.
Addicted to a Taskmaster
Effort is ephemeral, hard to measure and incredibly difficult to deliver on a regular basis. So we hire a trainer or a coach or a boss and give up our freedom and our upside for someone to whip us into shape.
Has it become a crutch? Are you addicted to a taskmaster, to someone else’s to do list, to short term external rewards that sell your long-term plans short? If no one is watching, are you helpless, just a web surfing, time wasting couch potato? Who owns the extra work you do now that you’re being directed? Continue reading Addicted to a Taskmaster
Just Do Something
If you’re unclear on your future, take hope. Your God is sovereign. God will send us where he will send us, and we don’t need to wait for a moment of revelation or a commissioning we can hear or see. If we get one, great! But we don’t need one. We can trust that even now God is lining up circumstances and opening doors to get us where he wants us.
The Purpose of Theology
Any method of theological training that does not result in both right thinking (orthodoxy) and right living (orthopraxy) is not proper theological training.
Clarity
Intellectual discussion is not for everyone. When you pitch your idea about a certain issue, some people think you are personally criticizing them. Not everyone can distinguish personal attack from a healthy discussion to achieve clarity of certain issues.
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