Repentance and righteousness are not God's end for the Christian. Instead, they are stepping stones to intimacy and fellowship with Jesus. This intimacy comes at a high price: suffering, discipline, and consciously and deliberately giving up control of your life to Jesus. He will deal with the monsters in your life if you simply trust Him and...
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Is God an End, or a Means to an End? (Paris Reidhead, January 1, 1965)
There's a pervasive attitude, especially in the modern American church, that God is simply a means rather than an end. We've simply opted in large part to use God to get what we could from Him. So I will serve God as long as gives me what I want and then if He doesn't give me what...