Christians shouldn’t be timid people.
Do you see God’s grace? By entering into a covenant with us – and making solemn promises, and giving visible signs, God is bending over backwards to us to prove his trustworthiness and goodness.
Paul’s life isn’t an exotic specimen of what it means to be a missionary or a Super-Guru of Spirituality. Paul’s life shows us what it looks like to be a Christian.
Our citizenship is something to be understood, and enjoyed, and acted upon.
Being a cabin boy on a luxury cruise liner is much better than being the captain of a sinking rowboat.