Uncharted Territory, Part 1: From a Safe Community to the Frontier
I have said that [Philip] was the very first Acts 1:8 man, so I don’t disagree that he was a pioneer. But I don’t think that Philip was trying to be a pioneer. I don’t think that he was trying to say, “Here I am! I’m the first one to try to evangelize past Samaria!” I think he was just trying to be a Christian.
… My encouragement in 2020 is that we’re going to learn this together. We’re going to go with whatever we have; we’re going to go as we are. We’re going to keep on equipping ourselves. We’re going to make mistakes, and we’re going to learn from our mistakes—and we are going to be Christians. You know what I mean. We’re going to be Christians in 2020. So you encourage me and I encourage you. Let’s learn how to be Christians this year, and let’s learn how to live out the book of Acts.
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