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The Cross and Christian Ministry, part 3
It's possible to know what Jesus did on the cross and even teach about what Jesus did on the cross without really appreciating the implications of that for the way you attempt to serve God…
The Cross and Christian Ministry
We are all about the cross.Or are we?I am afraid that sometimes we fail to apply the way God worked through the cross to our lives as believers. The disciples in Luke certainly did. In Luke 9, Jesus shows several symptoms someone is forgetting about the cross…
The Cross and Greatness
One problem with the way we approach life is we often leave the cross out. In other words, we think about life without applying what Jesus' dying on the cross tells us about God and how God’s working in this world. We act like what Martin Luther called “theologians of glory”…