Marvin Olasky details the divisive enmity among the Jews beseiged by Rome around 70AD.
A lot of lessons here for conservatives who feel beseiged in our current culture wars, tempted to turn on each other.
And we ARE turning on each other...
https://world.wng.org/2020/06/spilled_blood
Uri Brito talks about pastoral ministry here.
Highlights:
1:30 - disturbing how fast pastors burn out
5:30 - three practices to fight it
This theme cannot be brought up too often for American Christians today.
Treating a church service as a consumption item is bad discipleship - it keeps you from following Jesus as you should.
The twist is that it isn't just the overly programmed churches that fall prey to this.
So does the theological nitpicker.
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