Today our mission in America faces
different difficulties than a century ago. One of the biggest difficulties,
especially in the Bible belt, is that many Americans have heard about Christ
and have seen us as Christians do a poor job of loving like we are supposed to.
Now we have the challenge of trying to share Christ but not “stepping too hard”
on unbeliever’s toes because in the past we have stomped on them. They need to
know that they need Christ and on one hand we as Christians can’t make them
think sin is ok, but we also can’t be forceful in a “turn or burn” type of way.
The middle ground is hard to find.
The challenge for the next decade
or two? It wouldn’t surprise me if it
had something to do with following through on things. Our generation seems to
have a lot of really good ideas and we seem to be starting lots of programs and
we’re on fire for many things, but we also seem to have an issue with being
committed and following through. We get pumped to get something going, but we
quickly get distracted or too busy.
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