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Calling Part Seven: Spiritual Gifts

Calling Part Seven: Spiritual Gifts

The Holy Spirit does much of the work of redeeming our inner and outer worlds. Inwardly, we learn to develop virtue through a co-laboring with the Spirit to help us become more like Christ. Outwardly, we co-labor with the Spirit to affect the lives of others through the spiritual gifts. One of the most interesting developments I see in the modern church landscape, in this country today at least, is the wedding of inner Spirit work through the contemplative traditions and the outer Spirit work through the charismatic/pentecostal traditions. The reality is we need both, and as these two rooms in the Christian household commune and share space with one another, the better we will all be for it.

Calling Part Five: Personality and Identity

Calling Part Five: Personality and Identity

God is not in the business of scrapping bits of your personality and replacing them as one would with a broken machine; rather, God engages in the all-important Kingdom work of redemption - giving new value and purpose to the raw elements of who you are. When your personality traits are redeemed, they reflected the beautiful and full humanity of Jesus. This is what it means to be Christ-like.