Hago lo que sea para difundir la Buena Noticia y participar de sus bendiciones. ¿No se dan cuenta de que en una carrera todos corren, pero sólo una persona se lleva el premio? ¡Así que corran para ganar! Todos los atletas se entrenan con disciplina. Lo hacen para ganar un premio que se desvanecerá, pero nosotros lo hacemos por un premio eterno. Por eso yo corro cada paso con propósito. No solo doy golpes al aire. Disciplino mi cuerpo como lo hace un atleta, lo entreno para que haga lo que debe hacer. De lo contrario, temo que, después de predicarles a otros, yo mismo quede descalificado. (1 Corintios 9:23-27 NTV)
The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread Today's reading: Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church." The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, St...
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