Pine Grove Christian Fellowship

The current (Nov. 7) issue of World Magazine has a thought-provoking article by Andrée Seu that all of us should read. She quotes from When Heaven Invades Earth, by Bill Johnson: "Risk must be taken to pursue solutions to impossible situations. The gospel of power is the answer to the tragic condition of humankind.... This is not an act on our part to somehow manipulate God. Instead it is the bold attempt to take Him at His Word, so that we radically obey His charge. He says 'Amen' with the miraculous. I challenge you to pursue God passionately. And in your pursuit, insist on a supernatural lifestyle."

Are we risk-takers? Do we try to do what's "safe," or do we "take a shot" for God? Andrée Seu writes:

My roommate on Cape Cod in 1974 was a Jewish girl who got saved on the Boston Commons when a Christian approached her, in all her hippiedom, and said, "Want to meet some normal people?" Susan said yes, and followed. If there is a worse evangelistic appeal, I don't know it.

Let me have risk-takers around me. Just as a practical matter. Let me have Christians who try things that fail, and then try something else. (Read on...)