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Our current ideas about revival are self-centered. In contrast, Jesus taught service and concern for others—God-centeredness and other-centeredness. We have confused means with end, where the church is the means and the love of God or the kingdom of God is the end. The question, “If you die tonight, do you know for sure that…

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the desert. Congress said, “Someone could steal from it at night.” So they hired a night watchman to watch it. Then Congress said, “The watchman can’t do his job properly without instructions.” So they created a planning department and hired two people—one to…

I am a gun. I have challenged the waves and crossed a vast, unforgiving sea. I have landed on these shores. I am held by the pilgrim, the pioneer, and the trail blazer. I have brought civilization to a barren wilderness. I am a gun. I have fed the early settlers. I have protected their…