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I See No Thread Running Through My Work; I Simply Get On With My Life And My Painting.

Without The Renewed Mind, We Will Distort The Scriptures To Avoid Their Radical Commands For Self-denial, And Love, And Purity, And Supreme Satisfaction In Christ Alone.

The Inner Essence Of Worship Is Cherishing Christ As Gain - Indeed As More Gain Than All That Life Can Offer - Family, Career, Retirement, Fame, Food, Friends. The Essence Of Worship Is Experiencing Christ As Gain. Or To Use Words That We Love To Use Around Here: It Is Savoring Christ, Treasuring Christ, Being Satisfied With Christ.

Does Christ Get A Good Reputation Because Of The Way We Live? Is The Excellence Of Christ Displayed In Our Lives? That Should Matter To Us, Not Whether We Ourselves Are Praised.

If The Pursuit Of God's Glory Is Not Ordered Above The Pursuit Of Man's Good In The Affections Of The Heart And The Priorities Of The Church, Man Will Not Be Well Served, And God Will Not Be Duly Honored. I Am Not Pleading For A Diminishing Of Missions But For A Magnifying Of God. When The Flame Of Worship Burns With The Heat Of God's True Worth, The Light Of Missions Will Shine To The Darkest Peoples On Earth. And I Long For That Day To Come!