FATHER’S DAY By Randy Nabors I think a lot about being a father, the joy of having children, my failures to fulfill that role well, the importance for my sons to be good dads, and the importance for all children to have in their life a protecting, loving, and nurturing dad. There are many things I learned the hard way, and some things I am still learning by reflection on my experience and as I watch others in that Father-Child relationship. What a wonderful, impactful, mysterious, sometimes painful and heart rending thing it is to be as a dad. Surely it is a reflection of the Eternal Father, Everlasting Father, Almighty Father, Loving Father, and our Heavenly Father who created this generationally repetitive and continuous relationship for the evolving of human history. PROVERBS The book of Proverbs has helped me in many ways, and as it speaks to sons it continues to speak to dads. “Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction…” (Proverbs 1.8) “My son, if you accept …
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GIVING DUE REGARD
GIVING DUE REGARD By Randy Nabors Recently I was given the opportunity to speak at a major Evangelical organization about diversity, cross-cultural ministry and reconciliation. For this particular occasion I organized my thoughts into these 7 points. REGARD NO ONE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. We begin with a passage from 2 Corinthians 5, verses 11-20. I especially focus on what Paul says in verse 16, “From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” This is part of Paul’s revolutionary transformation in regard to his conversion. All of his life he had been trained to regard people according to the flesh. Philippians 3 makes this abundantly clear as to his Jewish and Pharisaical background: “If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the …