In ministry we are called to be faithful servants who seldom see the results of our sacrifices.

Freedom is not “independence,” but they are related. This past week we celebrated our nation’s independence (or at least the declaration of it) from an empire: Great Britain.

“Our calling is to be faithful in a church, seminary, mission, or other position knowing that we are not the savior or the lord of the institution.”‘

“The fourth and fifth centuries were the greatest period of theological writing in Christian history—even more so than the time of the Reformation.”