tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680687444464330336.post7448349172641181834..comments2018-12-16T21:23:39.790-08:00Comments on Transformational Truth: Tom Willoughbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070536816388717604noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680687444464330336.post-61822860799816180352007-01-18T09:50:00.000-08:002007-01-18T09:50:00.000-08:00Tom, may we be like the Apostle Paul, who wrote to...Tom, may we be like the Apostle Paul, who wrote to the Galatians: "From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus." (6:17)Rev.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01921507566144608199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680687444464330336.post-46867856757214920242007-01-18T07:01:00.000-08:002007-01-18T07:01:00.000-08:00James,
You are absolutely correct. It's almost as...James,<br /><br />You are absolutely correct. It's almost as if we are defining ourselves these days more by what battles we have been in within the body than by the scars of persecution which come from the bold proclamation of the Gospel. <br /><br />I call this "soap opera Christianity." Just like on a soap opera, some people have got to go from crisis to crisis in order to validate an otherwise boring existence. As you know, there is nothing boring about evangelism! In short, these people have WAY too much time on their hands.Tom Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070536816388717604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680687444464330336.post-66067800004813526572007-01-18T06:21:00.001-08:002007-01-18T06:21:00.001-08:00Too often we forget that authentic Christian unity...Too often we forget that authentic Christian unity and the task of evangelism are intertwined. The Lord Jesus Christ made this plain as He prayed for His people (John 17:20-23): <br /><br />“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me."Rev.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01921507566144608199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680687444464330336.post-15856431502240745012007-01-18T06:21:00.000-08:002007-01-18T06:21:00.000-08:00Too often we forget that authentic Christian unity...Too often we forget that authentic Christian unity and the task of evangelism are intertwined. The Lord Jesus Christ made this plain as He prayed for His people (John 17:20-23): <br /><br /> “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me."Rev.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01921507566144608199noreply@blogger.com