Emphasis Preaching Journal
We're not there yet, but...
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We're not there yet, but we are on the way. There will be troubles and trials, burdens and challenges, but we will make it. Paul refers to all these struggles as "groanings." We might even call them "growing pains."
A century ago, the President of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, was J. Knox Montgomery. His was one of the most eloquent voices of the Presbyterian Church in his generation. One of his statements has been remembered all these years. He liked to tell the incoming freshmen each year: "What you are to be, you are now becoming."
A century ago, the President of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, was J. Knox Montgomery. His was one of the most eloquent voices of the Presbyterian Church in his generation. One of his statements has been remembered all these years. He liked to tell the incoming freshmen each year: "What you are to be, you are now becoming."
