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Following Christ mostly, or misplaced objections

January 2, 2009 by carsten 1 Comment

Listening to the Day Ahead speakers, it occurred to me that we were focusing mostly on sacrificing time, energy, even the privacy of homes as professors who seek to serve students, but I heard little about issues of wealth. Jesus of course spoke over and over about issues of money but these concerns did not find a place at FC08 alongside stewardship and sacrificial usage of the other resources with which God has blessed us. Are we then only mostly following Christ, or is this a call that is outside the sphere of … [Read more...] about Following Christ mostly, or misplaced objections

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Following Christ 2008 Tagged With: Faculty, fc08, professor, self-denial, wealth

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