Good morning everybody! I wanted to start a periodical section in the blog called "After the Sermon..musings". It will contain more of my thoughts and notes that didn't make yesterday's sermon. When we create sermons we have so many ideas, so much more research and other great stories that we don't get to share because of time limitations and flow considerations with the rest of the sermon. So what I want to do with this blog is to provide supplemental thoughts and research to last Sunday's talk, which you can find here . Yesterday, we talked about Daniel and the growing pressure on him to compromise his beliefs and to assimilate to the larger Babylonian culture. Fast forward to today and we face a similar culture where there is a growing amount of societal pressure for Christians to conform. In their fascinating book, Faith For Exiles (2019, Baker Books)- David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock provide ample research to show where the church (18-29 year olds) is at...
"God grant me character greater than my gifts and humility greater than my influence"- Scott Sauls