This Sunday, I am preaching my third message on Matthew 10:16-25, a very difficult passage dealing with persecution, suffering, hatred, and death–all because of living on mission and becoming like Christ. As I am reminded of the relative absence of such realities here in America, reports like this are vivid testimonies of what our brothers [...]
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Imprisoned, Hacked, and Ripped to Death
August 12, 2009On Silence and Sinful Prudence
July 28, 2009The easiest way to avoid persecution and suffering is to be silent for Christ and then come up with justifications to make such silence feel legitimate. Jesus tells those who are entrusted with His mission in Matt. 10:17-20 two things they can count on: (1) they will be delivered up by men operating as “wolves” [...]
Missional Conditionalities, Missional Certainties
July 24, 2009In Matthew 10, we get the missional marching orders from the Sent One himself. Three times Jesus mentions sending (9:38; 10:5; 10:16) in this instructional passage where those who had been listening and learning have now become laborers and leaders in the mission. I have been preaching through this text for the past four months, [...]
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