Analogy
Jesus told would-be followers to count the cost the way a builder estimates a tower or a king assesses an army. The point is not to…
Discipleship · The Cross · Faith
Luke 14
Analogy
How Far Does Your Loyalty Go?
Traditional military/chaplain anecdote
A young soldier once told his chaplain that he never went about with another girl if he was within fifty miles of home—his loyalty went fifty miles. The question the story leaves is simple and searching: how far does your loyalty to Jesus Christ actually go? Loyalty that only holds when it is convenient has not yet been tested.
How you’d preach it
Loyalty is tested by distance and inconvenience. Easy loyalty is not yet proven.
- Faith