I have an encouraging story for you from one of our TMT subscribers. It occurred to me that maybe others of you could use some encouragement too. (If you don't need it today, file this away--but not too far!)
Many subscribers have often encouraged me. This one is a former student of mine and a longtime friend.
Though he gave me permission to share this, I won't use his name because there are still some issues in his church and you never know when some unintended consequence of an innocent testimony may come back to bite you.
By the way, it's a sad situation isn't it when we have to worry about Christians "biting" each other? But it has been that way from the start. Paul had to warn even 1st Century believers not to devour one another (Gal 5.15).
Well, on with my story.
This friend of mine has pastored his present church for over ten years, and it was not too long into his tenure there that opposition arose. He and I often talked together over the years about how to handle some of the situations he encountered.
This dear brother always dealt gently and wisely with his adversaries, but he never compromised his biblical positions.
Anyway, I had not heard from him for several months (maybe a year or longer) when I got this email:
Hi Dr. Kinnebrew:
I enjoy your Tentmakertips when I get a chance to read them, but time is not always readily available.
Our church is doing ok and...
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adversity, dont quit, faithfullness, perseverence
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