{"id":1056,"date":"2010-10-05T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T12:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/have_gospel_will_travel.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:39","slug":"have_gospel_will_travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/have_gospel_will_travel.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Have Gospel, Will Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Wilson <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/traveling-power.html\">points out<\/a> a fundamental difference between Christianity and other religions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are no compulsory pilgrimages in Christianity, no far-flung hoops to jump through. The pilgrimage has been made; God incarnated in man. He comes to us in Spirit.<br \/>\nEvery religion beside the true one bids travel for power. In Christianity, power travels to us.<br \/>\nThe kingdom is not &#8220;out there.&#8221; It is &#8220;in here.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe temple is not &#8220;there.&#8221; It&#8217;s &#8220;here.&#8221;<br \/>\nChrist tabernacles with us.<br \/>\nThe gospel that goes into the world and grows and bears fruit goes into the world when we do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are on a constant pilgrimage, taking Christ to those who don&#8217;t know him.  That&#8217;s by God&#8217;s design.  How should that change your daily life?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/traveling-power.html\">Go read the whole thing<\/a>, it&#8217;s not long, and if you trust in Jesus, it&#8217;ll warm your heart.  Oh, and if Jared isn&#8217;t in your <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/\">web routine<\/a>, your <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default\">feed reader<\/a> or your <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jaredcwilson\">Twitter follow list<\/a>, repent now in sack cloth and ashes.  \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Wilson points out a fundamental difference between Christianity and other religions: There are no compulsory pilgrimages in Christianity, no far-flung hoops to jump through. 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