Authentic ministry is not simply a matter of mastering professional skills or of endlessly pouring ourselves out in works of service. Rather, it springs from joyful union with Christ.
When Faith Flickers, Stoke the Fire No one sins out of duty. We sin because it offers some promise of happiness. That promise enslaves us - until we believe that God is more desirable than life itself (Psalm 63:3). Only the power of God's superior p