Whosoever Will Be Great Among You

Q: What does the Bible say about true greatness?

The Bible teaches that true greatness in God's kingdom is found in humble service to others, contrary to worldly standards. In Matthew 20:24-28, Jesus clearly defines true greatness not through authority or dominance, but through service and humility. He states that those who wish to be great among His followers must become their minister or servant. This principle overturns the worldly view of greatness, which often equates it with power and success. In the eyes of God, the most esteemed are those who selflessly serve others, reflecting Christ's own example as He came to serve rather than to be served.

Q: How do we know Christ's teaching on greatness is true?

Christ's teaching on greatness is true because it is rooted in His own example of sacrificial service. The truth of Christ's teaching on greatness is validated through His life and actions. In John 13:4-15, Jesus washes His disciples' feet, a profound display of humility and service. He taught them that greatness in His kingdom comes from serving one another, highlighting that true leadership is marked by self-denial and compassion. Furthermore, He commands His followers to emulate His example by saying, 'If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.' This back-and-forth revelation of service as the pathway to greatness invites a thoughtful examination of how we serve in our daily lives.

Q: Why is humility important for Christians?

Humility is essential for Christians as it aligns with the nature of Christ and fosters unity among believers. Humility holds a profound place in Christian life, emphasized throughout Scripture. In Philippians 2:3, Paul instructs believers to 'do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.' This humility not only reflects the heart of Christ but also creates an environment for unity and love within the Christian community. Moreover, genuine humility allows for the recognition of our dependence on God and propels us to serve others selflessly, mirroring Christ's own sacrificial nature. Through humility, we can diminish pride, which is a root of many conflicts and divisions, and instead foster a spirit of brotherly love and service.

Matthew chapter 20 and verses 24 through 28. Matthew 20 verse 24. James and John's mother, apparently at their prompting, had gone to the Lord Jesus and asked that they should be given the seats of prominence, preeminence, and greatness in his kingdom. And when our Lord spoke, this word of reproof to James and John, and the other disciples heard what had happened, we read in verse 24, when the ten heard it, when they heard what James and John had requested, they were moved with indignation, angry, indignant against the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him and said, you know, that the princes of this world are of the Gentiles, exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But it shall not be so among you. But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. Now, the title of my message this evening is in verse 27, whosoever will be, or verse 26 rather, whosoever will be great among you.

At the very outset, I want you to understand that true greatness, true greatness, as our Lord speaks of it here, and there's nothing wrong with desiring greatness, just don't seek the greatness of this world. Seek true greatness. True greatness is exactly the opposite of what the world considers greatness. The world assesses greatness by the number of people under a person's control, by the number of people who are at your beck and call, who do your bidding. or by the amount of money that you may have in the bank, how much property you possess, how much is listed under your name up at the courthouse, how many titles and degrees you have appended to your name, or how many committees and boards you sit on. how much name recognition you have, so that when folks speak your name, just people recognize it everywhere you go. Now the world considers those things greatness, and we are guilty of thinking like the world. Every one of us are guilty of attaching too much significance to those things.

But in the eyes of God Almighty, in the assessment of the Son of God, all of those things are totally irrelevant. Irrelevant. Totally. They mean nothing. They mean nothing. Pastor, don't you think it means something for a man to make something of himself in this world and to achieve things for himself? Not in the eyes of God. Absolutely nothing. Nothing.

The simple message of this passage that we have read is clear and plain. It's instructive. These few verses of scripture are so very, very needful for you and I that I want you to hear clearly what's taught within them. And yet I recognize that the message that's given here is so plain and clear, as clear as the nose on your face, that it doesn't need so much explanation as it does emulation by you and I who profess to be followers of Christ. This is what the text teaches us.

The path to greatness in the kingdom of God is humble service to the people of God. Now that's it, that's it. The path to greatness, true greatness, the path to greatness in the kingdom of God is humble service to the people of God. So that he who gives himself most relentlessly in the service of Christ's kingdom is himself made great in the kingdom of God. Now in this passage of scripture, there are four things that I want to show you distinctly and we'll look at them as we go along. First, here is a great problem. In verse 24, when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

Now, the problem with these disciples was not that the other two disciples had requested a place of preeminence. That wasn't what they were upset with. The problem that caused them to be indignant was not that James and John wanted to be exalted. That wasn't the problem. The problem was not that James and John desired to sit upon the throne. That wasn't their problem.

The problem was that these 10 looked upon James and John and said, you dare presume to be greater than we are. You dare presume to request a place of prominence above us? You dare presume to request a higher rank than we possess?" And they were moved with indignation.

Not because they thought James and John were wrong for asking it, but because they didn't ask it first. That was their problem. They looked at this thing and saw the evil that James and John had done as being an evil done to themselves rather than an evil done to the master. And so they were moved with indignation because of their pride.

This is the greatest problem we have. Pride. Pride. Pride is the root of all sin. The cause of all strife. the most destructive of all human passions, pride. Nothing like it, nothing like it. Even among true believers, even among these, the Lord's apostles, pride, jealousy, and envy have places of preeminence, and they're things that we have to deal with, things that we have to be confronted with. A horrible, horrible reality is this matter of pride, where everyone afflicted with it. Those who think they have the least problem with it, I'll guarantee you have the greatest problem. It is the oldest of all sins, and it is the most destructive of all sins. We're terribly, terribly proud.

Pride inspired Lucifer's fall. You remember in Isaiah 14, as the scripture describes Lucifer's fall, he said, I will ascend to the most high God. I'll be like the most high God. I want to be like God. I want to be master. Pride is what seduced Eve to sin. Satan came and tempted Eve saying, take this fruit, eat this fruit, and your eyes will be opened and you'll be as God. Oh, I want to have what God has kept from me.

That's pride, nothing but pride. Pride is what caused Adam to be destroyed in the garden. Adam looked at God as Adam saw what Eve had done. He looked God square in the face and said, you've got no right to do that to me. You've got no right to forbid this of us. And pride destroyed our race. Pride is that which divides men in this world. Only pride.

Turn to Psalm 10. Hold your hands here and turn over to Psalm 10. The psalmist says in verse two, the wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. Do you see that? The wicked in his pride persecutes those whom he considers to be beneath him. The wicked in his pride is turned against those whom he looks down his nose upon. He persecutes the poor. I was preparing this message today, and I tried to give serious consideration to these questions. And every question, I came up with the same answer.

What separates and distinguishes men from one another according to race and rank and riches and recognition. We have our place in society. We have our rank. We recognize who we are. We don't want anything to do with these folks, anything to do with those folks who are not in our same social class, who are not of our same race, who are not of the same color of skin we are, who don't have the same educational background we have, who don't possess the same property we possess. What is it that separates us? What is it that causes us to dare presume, to dare presume that somehow we are superior to some other people? Nothing but pride. We're all of one blood. We all came from one stock.

We all came from our father Adam. And this tree, the family tree is not a very good tree. It's a corrupt, defiled, depraved tree. And we all came from that one family, the Adam and Eve. That's our mama and our daddy. And we all have their nature. What is it that causes us in this world to be separated, who are members of the same families, brothers and sisters? spend their lives in animosity to one another, coldness to one another. They spend their lives not speaking to one another. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, they're divided.

And they're always, always, always divided because of pride. Always. That's the only answer. That's the only answer to be given. You say, well, you don't understand our circumstance. I think I do. I think I do. Pride's the problem. Pride's the problem.

What is the cause of war? We hear about this war going on in Bosnia right now. These folks fighting against each other. I mean, just slaughtering each other. They're slaughtering each other and there's not anything left to get. There's nothing left to take possession of, nothing left that's worth having, but they continue going on slaughtering one another.

Why? Pride, just pride. I dare say that seldom in history, seldom in history has a war ever begun because of principle. Seldom in history. The war has begun because of someone's offended pride, and then we invent principles to justify the war after we've gotten ourselves involved in it. That happens more often than not.

Even among God's saints in this world, our greatest difficulties, our greatest injuries, our greatest problems, our greatest troubles arise from pride. One of the old Puritans, Thomas Hooker, said pride is a vice that cleaveth so fast to the hearts of men, that if we were to strip ourselves of all faults one by one, we should undoubtedly find it the very last and the very hardest to put off. And it's pride, only pride, that keeps sinners from seeking the Lord. Here in this 10th Psalm, in verse four, the wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God. Why will men not trust the substitute? They think they don't need one. Why will men not seek a mediator? They presume they don't need one. Why is it that the wicked will not seek grace? Because they presume they don't need grace. Of all the things mentioned in this book, and there are a lot of, of all the things named in the Bible that God hates, you can read for yourself in Proverbs 6, number one is pride, number one. Oh, God hates pride.

And yet pride is so much a part of human nature that until we leave this world, we will never be rid of this thing called pride. Never. Be aware of it. Make certain you're constantly aware of it. And do everything you can to subdue this horrible passion that's in us called pride. Take care for the glory of God, not to allow your pride to run amok, not to allow your pride to take possession of the reins of your soul and the reins of your heart and the reins of your life, but rather submit yourself unto God, acknowledging your pride and seek grace to walk before him in this world with proper humility.

Secondly, here's a great precept. Look at verse 25. Jesus called them unto him. How gentle, how gracious, how kind, he calls them to him. Oh, how unlike us he is. He said, now, you know, you know that the princes of the Gentiles, the princes of this world, the people who don't know God, But you know that they exercise dominion over the Gentiles, over one another. And they that are great exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. This is not the way you're going to function. This is not the way my kingdom operates. This is not the way my church is run. It shall not be so among my people.

But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. and whosoever will be cheap among you, let him be your servant. Listen to me now, and I'll tell you exactly what those verses teach. Listen. A life of self-denying kindness and service to others is the cause and source and evidence of true greatness. The path to greatness is self-denial, self-sacrifice, and service to one another. The standard of the world and the standards of our Lord are exact opposites. In the kingdom of God, a person is considered great who devotes himself and promotes the temporal and spiritual welfare of others. In the world, a person is considered great who walks over top of others. In the kingdom of God, a person is great who carries others on his back. In the world, a person is great who walks on the backs of other folks to get what he wants.

Things are exactly opposite in our Lord's kingdom. Our Lord told his disciples, my kingdom is not of this world. There's nothing about my kingdom that's even similar to this world. There's no comparison, there's no connection. There's nothing like my kingdom in this world. Nothing like my people in this world.

Here he describes greatness and what a description it is. J.C. Ryle put it this way as he commented on these verses. True greatness consists not in receiving, but in giving. Not in selfish absorption of good things, but in imparting good things to others. Not in being served, but in serving. Not in sitting still and being ministered to, but in going about and ministering to others.

If you truly desire greatness in the kingdom of God, and I think you do, I think you do. I believe I do. If we truly desire greatness in the kingdom of God, we must find the place where we are needed and minister there. Not the place that we need, not the place that will give us the most honor, not the place that will give us the most recognition, but the place where we're needed and minister right there. If I were preaching to a congregation of pastors, I would spend a good bit of time saying to preachers, don't look for a church or a field of service that looks most appealing to you, that looks most desirable to you, that looks like this would be the greatest way to promote yourself, the greatest way to exalt yourself, or the most secure place for your livelihood and for your family. Oh, God forbid. God's service, look for and serve him in the place where they are needed, where they're needed. Brother Mahan said years ago, what a profound statement it is.

He said there are two kinds of preachers in this world, givers and takers. And that pretty well sums it up, just two kinds. The kind who give themselves to the service of Christ's kingdom. and the kind who find everything they can to take from the people of God for themselves. But that's also true with regard to you who are the people of God. Find your place in the kingdom of God, the place where God would have you to serve him, the place where you're needed, and do what God gives you the ability and the opportunity to do for his kingdom.

So many times I have folks call me up or write to me or I meet them somewhere and they ask me, say, where should I go? What should I do? I say to them, quit looking for a church that you need. Look for one that needs you. Quit looking for a place where you can have everything you want, but look for a place that needs what God's given you and the gifts he's given you and put yourself there in the work of the gospel. Give yourself wholly to the cause of Christ.

The word translated here in this 26th verse, minister, is actually the word from which we get our word deacon. It's usually translated in the scriptures deacon. It's an English word. It refers to a person who does the most menial labor. It refers to one who is involved in things like house cleaning and window washing and serving tables and gardening. The person who does that labor that requires the least talent the least skill, the least education, the least training, just menial service. That's the word to choose here. It's a word that our Lord uses in a great way of exaltation, putting aside men who are chosen of him to be deacons in his church. They serve in the kingdom of God. It's a word of ministry.

These ministers, these who are servants in the most lowly fashion, in the most menial manner, the work they do is seldom recognized by anyone. unless it's not done. Just let it go. You ladies who clean the house and take care of your houses, we men are terrible for not recognizing the work you do. I never observe anything much around the house that's done until we've been gone for a while and get behind and something out of place. Then you notice that. When the work's not done, you notice it. You drive up here and you never notice the grass is mowed but let the grass go for a week or two, you'll notice it. You'll notice it for sure because those things that are done in this manner, they're very needful, very necessary works. Thank God somebody does them, but nobody recognizes them. And this is what our Lord says, whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, your servant, your servant. Would you be great in God's kingdom and serve God's people?

Serve wherever you can. Consider nothing too small, nothing too insignificant, and nothing too demanding for you. What can I do? What can I do for the cause of Christ? If I would be as I ought to be, the servant of God, preaching the gospel of God's grace, it is my responsibility to give myself wholly completely, intently, devotedly to the cause of Christ serving wherever God gives me opportunity. Wherever He gives me opportunity so that I give myself to the work of ministering the gospel. And in the same regard, if you are to serve Christ and His kingdom, if you're interested in serving Him, then you do what God puts in your hand and gives you the opportunity and the ability to do.

You just do it, just do it. Now look at the next line. He speaks about servants, ministers, and then he says, whosoever would be chief among you, that is, if you really want to be great, and you really want to stand out, you really want to be somebody, then let him be your servant. That's another word.

The word that's translated servant there is the word that we normally would think of when we use the word slave. You see, a servant, while he serves his master, he is somewhat still his own man. The servant, while he serves his master, he may own the clothes on his back. He might not own anything else, but he owns his own clothes, and he can go where he wants to and do what he wants to. But the slave, oh, now that's another story. The slave doesn't own anything. Even the clothes on his back belong to his master.

He belongs to his master. And so our Lord says, whosoever would be great among you, let him be your servant, your minister. Whosoever would be chief among you, let him be your slave. What? One whose life is totally given over to the service of God's kingdom. One who is a slave to the people of God.

Not a slave in the sense that he's a drudge for other folks to use, but a slave in the sense that he makes himself a drudge in doing the drudgery that other folks need. This slavery you see is not coerced. This slavery is not something that's forced. This slavery is altogether voluntary. Our Lord doesn't say, make him your slave. He says, let him be your slave. Let him be your slave.

You see, the cost of true greatness is humble, self-denying, sacrificial service. It is service rendered to others for Christ's sake by men and women who have learned what our Lord taught. It is more blessed to give than to receive. God help us to shun the greatness of this world. We, everyone, seek too much of it. We, every one of us, somehow inspire in our sons and daughters too much ambition for worldly greatness. God, forgive us. God, forgive us of that. Teach us to shun worldly greatness and teach us by the grace of God to seek this greatness that our Lord here describes. We view things through the tinted glasses of sin and corruption and pride and selfishness. And so we look at things through these dirty spectacles and we see things in just exactly the opposite order in which we ought to.

The angels of God, the angels of God who never experienced redemption as we've experienced it, who've never experienced grace as we've experienced it, who've never experienced salvation. The angels of God look down from heaven upon the works of men And should they converse about such things? I don't know that they do. But they would esteem the works of a Cody Gruber or Bill Clark or Tom Harding infinitely superior, infinitely greater than the works of a doctor or a lawyer or politician or president or a king, infinitely superior.

For these men serve the kingdom of God. They serve the souls of men. They serve the people of God. In his book, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, William Law makes this urgent, urgent statement. Let every day be a day of humility. Condescend to all the weaknesses and infirmities of your fellow creatures. Cover their frailties. Love their excellencies. Encourage their virtues. Receive their wants or relieve their wants. Rejoice in their prosperities. Compassionate their distresses. Receive their friendship. Overlook their unkindness. Forgive their malice. Be a servant of servants and condescend to the lowest offices of the lowest mankind. That's what our Lord's talking about here. But what on earth will inspire such greatness? What will inspire such servitude? What will inspire proud sinners such as we are to stoop so low as to serve each other?

Read on. even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. If you want an example to follow, here's a great pattern. Look no lower than Jesus Christ the Lord. Don't make your pattern Don't make your example. Don't make your role model, if you want to use that term that's so easily used these days. Don't make it any lower than the son of God himself. Don't be content with anything less than he is. Don't be content with any example less than his example. Don't be content with following after anything less than him.

Turn over to 1 John 2. First John chapter two, verse six. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Now the meaning of that verse of scripture is not too hard to perceive, is it Mark? We say we follow him, follow him then. We say we're his disciples, then walk in his steps. We say we love Christ, then emulate Christ. We say we belong to Christ, then walk as he walked while you live in this world. Strive to be like me, our master says, as the servants of God.

He who is himself God, who thought it not robbery to be equal with God, the image of the invisible God. He emptied himself. He made himself of no reputation. And it took upon him the form of a servant and was found in fashion as a man. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient.

Obedient even to the death of the cross. Obedient to God. Now the apostle says, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Be like him, follow him, the servant of God. He who came here as our savior and our example in all things, lived in this world only to do the will of God. Only to do the will of God.

All the way through his life, he says, not my will, thy will be done. When he came into the world, he said, lo, I come to do thy will. He told his parents when he was just a boy, he said, don't you know I've got to do my father's will? He told his disciples, it's my meat and drink to do the will of him that sent me. When he was in the garden of Gethsemane, he said, not my will, thy will be done. Always he sought the will of God.

Let us then, as the servants of God, seek by God's grace to do the will of God as our master did. And I'll tell you what the will of God in its essence involves, what good works in their essence involve. People today talk about good works and doing good works and doing good works, and then they set down rules and regulations about good works. Whenever the scripture speaks of good works, it talks about works of love and kindness and charity and forgiveness. That's what it talks about.

You want to serve God? Be the servants of men. Serve one another. Turn to John chapter 13 one more time. We look at this right often here, but it'll bear continual repetition. John chapter 13. I suspect that this passage here in John 13 fits right in the context of this passage that our Lord is here giving us in Matthew chapter 20.

In verse four, he rises from supper and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Verse 12, So after he had washed their feet and had taken his garments and was set down again, he said unto them, know ye what I've done to you?

Do you understand what I just did? You call me master and Lord. You say, well, for so I am. If I then your Lord and master have washed your feet, so ye ought also to wash one another's feet. For I've given you an example that you should do as I have done to you. Verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If you know these things, happy are ye if you do.

Our Lord never had his feet washed by anybody that we're aware of except that woman who came and knelt behind him and washed his feet with her tears. He was not served as a king, pompously arrayed. We see the Pope on television, riding around in his chariots, riding around in his entourage, and folks kissing his fingers and all that silly nonsense, just walking around in his gorgeous apparel. Nothing like that about the Son of God. Nothing like that about our master, but rather he came He thought it his proper place as he who had come from heaven to do the will of God, to take a bowl of water and a towel and squat down at Bobby Ashton's feet and wash your feet.

And we think we're too good to do anything? We think we're just a cut above helping folks in need. Lord, help me to live from day to day in such a self-forgetful way that even when I kneel to pray, my prayer shall be for others. Help me in all the work I do to ever be sincere and true. and know that all I do for you must needs be done for others.

Can't serve him any other way. Can't serve him any other way. The only way on this earth you can serve the Son of God by serving one another. You can't reach Him. You can't wash His feet. You can't feed Him. You can't clothe Him. You can't visit Him. You can't minister to Him.

Oh, yes, I can. But I minister to you and visit you and clothe you and feed you and wash your feet. Savior, help me in all I do to magnify and copy you. This I pray that I may ever live like you, help me to live for others. And lastly, here's a great propitiation. Not only did our savior give us an example, but he is the expiation for our sins.

Even as the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and give his life a ransom for many. The Lord Jesus Christ, by the sacrifice of himself, laid down his life voluntarily as our substitute at Calvary to ransom us. He ransomed us from the slavery of sin by the power of his blood. He ransomed us from the curse, dominion, and condemnation of God's holy law. He ransomed us into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. The price of a ransom was the precious blood of Jesus Christ.

And this ransom price was paid for many, paid for them in particular as the objects of his special love. the many ordained to eternal life, the many given to him in the covenant of grace, the many for whom he makes intercession in heaven, the many who are called by his spirit, the many who are saved by his grace. He gave his life a ransom for many.

Now then, turn with me, if you will, to 1 Corinthians chapter six. Hear these three statements. God helped you to hear them. God helped me to hear them. If you would live for Christ, live for others. That's the only way you can live for him now. If you would serve Christ, serve one another. Can't serve him any other way. Our Lord taught us to be hospitable and to entertain strangers. He said, you never know, you might entertain an angel along the way.

Every time I get a little tired of having folks come in, company come in, and I do sometimes. I'm sorry, I wish it weren't so. You get tired of having interruptions to your life, you know. Oh, but what an interruption. What an interruption. If the Son of God comes knocking at my door, what an interruption. What an interruption. What a blessed, blessed disruption of my plans.

I get a little weary of it. Shelby says to me, be careful to entertain strangers, but thereby many have entertained angels on the way. And when she gets a little tired, I try to remind her of the same thing. And we've entertained some angels. Oh, our lives have been so enriched by so many who passed through our doors and sat at our table. So many who slept under our roof. Yours too. Don't ever, ever, ever look upon what you do for Bob and Sally Ponser as being done for Bob and Sally Ponser. Don't ever do that. Don't ever do that.

But look upon it as being done for the Son of God. That's what he says you represent. He said, you give a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, and you'll have a disciple's reward. He said, whatever is offered to these, whatever is done to these, good or bad, it's done to me. It's done to me. Secondly, make Christ himself your rule of life and everything.

In this place, we don't have church members' handbooks and rule books. You have to sign and pledge you're gonna do this, do that. Not only do we not have them, we're not gonna have them. It's just, it's not gonna happen. I give you this one rule. Make Christ your rule. That's all. You think about something, you got any question about it? What would my master do? How would he behave? How would he respond? How would he react?

That's sufficient. That's sufficient. And I'll leave it for you to decide. That's all. Just make him your rule. Now then, here in 1 Corinthians 6, Verse 19, here's your motive. What, know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which you have of God? And you're not your own. You're not your own. For you're bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirits, which are God's.

Our Father, we acknowledge our pride, our horrid, sinful, self-centeredness and pride. How hard, how callous our hearts are to your goodness and grace. Forgive us. Teach us in all things, our God, to serve the interest of your kingdom, the needs of your people, the glory of your name. For Christ's sake, I pray. Amen.

Whosoever Will Be Great Among You

What does the Bible say about true greatness?

How do we know Christ's teaching on greatness is true?

Why is humility important for Christians?

Sermon Transcript

About Don Fortner

Comments

Articles

Featured Authors

Podcast

Sermons

Featured Preachers

Books

Browse by Format

Music

Recent Comments

About

Legal

Subscribe

Account

Articles

Featured Authors

Podcast

Recent Comments

Sermons

Featured Preachers

Books

Browse by Format

Collections

Music

About

Legal

Subscribe

Whosoever Will Be Great Among You

What does the Bible say about true greatness?

How do we know Christ's teaching on greatness is true?

Why is humility important for Christians?

Sermon Transcript

About Don Fortner

Comments

More from Don Fortner

Related Sermons

Same Scripture

Articles by Don Fortner

Books by Don Fortner

Where this book stands in the tradition

Plato

Augustine

The Western Christian Tradition

This Book