It seems to me that our ultimate mission is involvement in the harvest, and we must always be alert to ways to reach our culture without gimmicks, tricks, and ploys.
The blueprint for discipleship really is that simple. Learn from Jesus. Tell others. And love them in both word and deed. That is a blueprint worth following.
The Lord experienced the rejection of those He ministered among, finding the ultimate expression of that rejection at the cross. The same attitudes toward Christ that caused people to raise their fists toward Him continue today.
The world we live in is not all that pretty. Though sin has undermined the natural creation, sin’s corruption finds its most horrific expression in the lives of lost people.
