Post by MARIO on Apr 3, 2005 14:29:07 GMT -8
Robust Faith or Flabby Religion? Part IV
Doug Giles
April 2, 2005
Throughout history, the Christians who have rocked Satan’s world by evangelism and establishing the good society have been people who:
1. Incorporated what they believed into their daily grind,
2. Bumped up the quality of their spiritual experience,
3. Had a passion for effective action, and
4. Labored for personal, ecclesiastical and national renewal.
I covered points one, two and three in my last three columns, and here’s my stab at point four: Laboring for personal, ecclesiastical and national renewal.
As I stated, believers who successfully carried out the creation and evangelistic mandates understood the need for constant rejuvenation. Yes, these believers comprehended the innate spiritual rot which unsurprisingly and easily crept in on them, their church and their nation.
Appreciative of this nefarious bent, these Christians intentionally and constantly prodded themselves Godward. Yeah … the effective believers who shaped culture stirred up their lukewarm hearts, stifled their lower cortex monkey brain and labored earnestly against the grain for an enriched understanding of God’s truth, stoked spiritual affections, and more resolution regarding their calling in life.
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www.townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/printdg20050402.shtml
Doug Giles
April 2, 2005
Throughout history, the Christians who have rocked Satan’s world by evangelism and establishing the good society have been people who:
1. Incorporated what they believed into their daily grind,
2. Bumped up the quality of their spiritual experience,
3. Had a passion for effective action, and
4. Labored for personal, ecclesiastical and national renewal.
I covered points one, two and three in my last three columns, and here’s my stab at point four: Laboring for personal, ecclesiastical and national renewal.
As I stated, believers who successfully carried out the creation and evangelistic mandates understood the need for constant rejuvenation. Yes, these believers comprehended the innate spiritual rot which unsurprisingly and easily crept in on them, their church and their nation.
Appreciative of this nefarious bent, these Christians intentionally and constantly prodded themselves Godward. Yeah … the effective believers who shaped culture stirred up their lukewarm hearts, stifled their lower cortex monkey brain and labored earnestly against the grain for an enriched understanding of God’s truth, stoked spiritual affections, and more resolution regarding their calling in life.
READ THE REST:
www.townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/printdg20050402.shtml