Abandoning Comfort 1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Abandoning Comfort, Following Christ, Following Jesus, Galatians 2:20, Give, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24-25, Sacrifice, Serve, Take Up Your Cross In the 19th century, a Belgian priest named Father Damien left the comforts of home behind and moved to the Hawaiian island of Molokai… READ MORE
Denying Our Desires 1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Denying Ourselves, Following Christ, Galatians 2:20, Giving, Helping others, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Serving In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income… READ MORE
Picket-Fence Christianity Community, Discomfort, Dying to Self, Following Jesus, Galatians 2:20, Living for God, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:34, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 8:19-20, Religion McCracken writes, “Following Christ is not one’s golden ticket to a white-picket-fence American dream. It’s an invitation to die, to pick up a cross”… READ MORE
Empowered To Sacrifice Comparison, Contentious, David Livingstone, Empowerment, Explorer, Gain, Hebrews 10:34, Love, Luke 14:27, Luke 18:22, Luke 9:24, Matthew 10:37, Missionary, Respect, Sacrifice David Livingstone is one of the more well-known missionaries and explorers to southern Africa. Though he is also known for being contentious and a… READ MORE
