Topics:<\/b> Calling; Experiencing God; Gospel; Ministry; Preaching; Scripture; Service; Spiritual Perception<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Jeremiah 1:5\u201310; Acts 9:9\u201319; Romans 1:16; Philippians 3:7\u20138<\/p>\n
Several denominational leaders were visiting the campus where I teach. In one meeting with faculty, we asked this diverse group about their call to the ministry. Some of them had extraordinary experiences. For others, their calling had been a fairly cerebral thing.<\/p>\n
But as I listened to each response, I found one thing each had in common. Each person cited a text that had just leaped off the page, grabbed the person by the throat, and wouldn\u2019t let go. Underlying that was a profound, unswerving, immutable passionate belief that the gospel is so central in all of human life that nothing short of its proclamation is worth doing.<\/p>\n
God calls some Christians to be chemists and others to be garbage collectors. But those who are called to proclaim God\u2019s message have a profound sense of the sheer nonnegotiable value of the gospel.<\/p>\n
\u2014Don Carson, \u201cPreachers in the Hands of a Holy God,\u201d Preaching Today Audio no. 205<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Calling; Experiencing God; Gospel; Ministry; Preaching; Scripture; Service; Spiritual Perception References: Jeremiah 1:5\u201310; Acts 9:9\u201319; Romans 1:16; Philippians 3:7\u20138 Several denominational leaders were visiting the campus where I teach. In one meeting with faculty, we asked this diverse group about their call to the ministry. Some of them had extraordinary experiences. For others, their … Continue reading “CALLING
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