We talked Sunday (listen here) that our walls are our convictions. These convictions help define us, protect us, and make us distinct (or not) as Christ-followers set apart for God's purpose to bear His image and bring Him glory.
I wanted to share some of the "walls" in my life that I'm working on shoring up and/or rebuilding:
1) The power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a preacher/pastor it is easy to forget that God is Almighty and to think that the Gospel of Christ needs our help (it doesn't, it just needs a platform in our lives). I want my life, ministry, and preaching to be marked by faithfulness to the Good News of Jesus Christ.
2) The sufficiency of God's Word. (another preacher confession) With all the books and conferences out about preaching, it is easy for us to fall prey to the myth that preaching is dependent on our creativity and skillful presentation more than God's Word (and with our consumer/entertainment-hungry culture it is easy to see why we feel this way). How wrong this is and how much stress this invites into my life (the "everything depends upon me" stress). I want my life to marked by simple obedience to God's Word, our church to be bold in our stand on God's Word, and our preaching to be centered on the sufficiency of God's Word.
3) The radical call to be Jesus' disciple. The goal is not merely being a church attender or church member. The goal is not just to get people baptized. The goal is not only Bible knowledge. The goal is not to get people saved. The goal, according to Jesus, is to be a disciple ... to radically and completely follow Him ... to be sold out and surrendered to Him above all else. Jesus changed the world with 12 disciples, yet how much impact are 100,000,000 church "attenders" in the United States making??
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