Every once in a while there comes along an opportunity that is so fabulous that it is too good to pass up. However, such opportunities often require us to give up all our other options and put all our eggs in one basket. In Matthew 13:44-46, Jesus told two very short parables about the kingdom of heaven. In each parable, a man seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, giving up everything for the sake of gaining very much more.
Probably the most difficult of Jesus' commands is for his disciples to love our enemies, following what he already did for his enemies to...
God grows his church usually by ordinary and sometimes extraordinary means.
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