Past performance does not guarantee...
Past performance does not guarantee future returns. This statement is necessary to
consider not only when investing money but also in many other dimensions of human
life. We often face the future with our thinking not only formed by but captured by the
past. Teachers have been accused of trying to teach the last generation, as generals of
preparing to fight the last war.
Adult Christians often face life with a faith formed in their fourth-grade Sunday school
class, but which hasn't matured since. Many congregations expect to do ministry as it was
