Emphasis Preaching Journal
Vocation
Commentary
In most of Christian history, the church has needed to stress the calling to service within its own structures to accomplish its distinctive functions. In the past three or four decades, however, new emphasis has emerged to include service outside the specific activities of the church. To the Christian, nothing is "secular;" nothing is outside of God's domain. Although personal abilities, preferences, ambitions continue, they become proper material for evaluation from the perspectives of Christian faith. Motivation is not a matter of self will alone, nor of attractions from the world.
