Particularly popular in our age of social justice. Fighting for a cause becomes the<\/em> expression of devotion to Jesus. We take our best and brightest saints and ship them off for indentured servitude. Exhausted Christians working for noble causes, but they do not report a daily personal encounter with Jesus. Over time the work itself substitutes for Jesus, and seeking him seems harder than doing more for him. Martha, Martha. Loving Jesus comes first; out of this will flow whatever work in the world he has for us to do. Without this, any work we take on will be impossible to fulfill.<\/p>\n
Question:<\/em> Who\u2019s the hero; who is praised? Who is held up as models for serious Christian commitment in your world? \u201cHere is Jeff \u2014 he really knows Jesus,\u201d or \u201cHere is Jeff \u2014 he serves the poor in India.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
-John Eldredge in Beautiful Outlaw, Ch. 15, Pg. 174<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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