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Pastor Erik Raymond has a brief quote from Tim Keller, and it will resonate with anyone contemplating the task and ministry of church planting. Here’s the line that really nailed me:

I realized that it was an illusion to imagine that I would have to start being brave if I took this job; I should have been living bravely all along.

It also brought me back to something that I heard D.A. Carson mention with emphasis last weekend. It’s not something I haven’t read or heard referenced dozens of times in the past, but it should never be far from my mind or yours. It’s from Matt. 16:18: “on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Where the establishment and progress and preservation of the church are concerned, the burden of success does not fall ultimately upon the words, deeds, actions or personality of any man, be he a pastor or elder or other leader. It is Christ who will build His Church and though He has chosen to work through us, no man and no thing will bring down the Church.
May we live faithfully in the confidence that it is Christ our Savior on whom we depend as we serve His Church.

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