Glad Tidings
The strong desire to spread the gospel characterized faithful Christians in the first century. In Acts 8:4 the disciples in Jerusalem were persecuted and went… Read More »Glad Tidings
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Selecting Prospects
We tend to be selective. We look for the one who in our judgment will be most receptive, for the influential person who will be a “help” to the church, for the middle-class man who will fit in socially, for the morally good who won’t be a problem to us in the future.
God’s Way
The problem of disinterested people is not new. It existed in some places even in the first century. Paul said it existed in Corinth. “For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness” (I Corinthians 1:22-23).