My Boy Scout troop went camping one weekend of every month. As we packed up to go home on Sunday mornings, we would “police the area,” picking up even the tiniest specks of trash. Some bits of trash—such as cigarette butts—were clearly not dropped by any of us, but we picked them up anyway. OurContinue reading “Leave Things Better. Matthew 21:18-22.”
Category Archives: the Cultural Mandate
THE AMAZING THRILL OF GREAT WORK. Matthew 11:28-30.
Have you ever experienced thrilling work? Been caught up in something bigger than yourself, knowing everything you do matters, that this will make a difference, that maybe this is what you were MADE TO DO? Have you worked to the point of exhaustion, yet felt the peace of knowing you were using your energy EXACTLYContinue reading “THE AMAZING THRILL OF GREAT WORK. Matthew 11:28-30.”
SALT. Matthew 5:13.
Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth.” Matthew 5:13. What? Remember what salt meant back then. It was a preservative for food—meat packed in salt lasts a long time. Application? We preserve the world. Christians should keep things pure and fresh. Does your influence slow the decay around you? Does our culture remainContinue reading “SALT. Matthew 5:13.”
THE CULTURAL MANDATE: God Used Christians to Make the World a Better Place. Matthew 5:14-16.
Today my Bible reading included a king who punished his enemies by “ripping open all the pregnant women,” and another who captured 10,000 men, then drove them off a cliff to be “dashed to pieces.” Other Bible stories speak of cannibalism, being thrown to lions, burned in a furnace, eating newborn children and fighting overContinue reading “THE CULTURAL MANDATE: God Used Christians to Make the World a Better Place. Matthew 5:14-16.”
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