Our greatest hindrance in ministry,
Is not the lack of talent or ability,
But rather our sinful behavior,
Our religious pride, the most grievous traitor.
Resting in Christ's finished work,
We have no right to act like a jerk,
To bang non-believers over the head,
With self-righteousness and religious dread.
Instead, let sympathy and concern fill our heart,
For those who live in sin and are torn apart,
Whether a drug addict, criminal or false religionist,
Our approach should be one of love and kindness.
Our actions and speech must not repel,
But rather invite and show them the way to excel,
In the knowledge of Christ, the only soul winner,
Without our sanctimonious opinions to hinder.
Preaching the truth is what we should do,
Leaving judgment and condemnation for the Lord to pursue,
We have no authority to act like a Pharisee,
For our life in Christ is about relationship, not just a doctrine to decree.
So let us put aside our religious pride,
And go into our prayer closet to abide,
Studying the Scriptures, with humility and grace,
And proclaiming the Gospel with love, as we run the race.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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