Sunday, July 28, 2013

Surprise Package

Today I attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Central Cape Town. Pastor Arthur Becker (visiting -- pictured) preached about the Pearl of Great Price. He began with a history of Pastor Jacob Döhne, who through sacrifice, deprivation, and tragedy built up a mission station from nothing -- only to see it destroyed by his own people -- and fled. Pastor Albert Kropf abandoned privilege and position to rebuild the ruins -- only to experience the same. Pastor Becker then drew parallels to Paul. OBSERVATION: He preached a wonderfully simple, thoughtful, powerful sermon -- about how "our priorities change" when we enter the Kingdom of God. For an old man, he was a surprise package I would want to hear again.

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