Slaying Dragons

“But go and learn what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”  Matthew 9:13

Several years ago, two Bible college students; Mike Yankoski and Sam Purvis sought to put their faith in Christ to the test by living on the streets as homeless people in 5 major cities in the United States.  For Mike needed to know if his faith in God was real; if he could actually be the Christian, he said he was, apart from the comforts he’d always known. So, with only a bag on his back, a guitar in his hand, and Sam by his side, he set out.

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The Weight of the Beam

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.” — G.K. Chesterton

If you’ve been a Christian for any length of time, you’ve probably already figured out that the words of Jesus in reference to discipleship are not at all comfortable; they were not given to pacify our flesh with the “spiritual” therapeutic massage of worldly wit and conventional wisdom.

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