Part 6: Refined By Fire
The New Testament is clear: We should expect this life to be hard, and even more so because of our commitment to Christ. Instead of self-pity, we are consistently told to use these circumstances to our advantage. How is this possible?
The Sermon on the Mount is often acclaimed (even by non-Christians) as the greatest moral teaching ever presented. It dares us to dream of the world-changing things that could happen if we began to walk like Him.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
