THE MAKING OF A BOOK

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PART 11 UNDERSTANDING COMPASSION

Our new claimed God had sent him to the church to send a great revival. When he did not get the revival, he blamed the congregation and divided us into the good Christians and the bad Christians. As he grew weary of waiting for the revival, we heard many sermons berating the bad Christians. More than once I heard him and his wife say, “if we could get the deadheads out of here, God would send the revival.”

For months, I sat on the back row of the church waiting for God to bring Rod and I into agreement. The once healthy, robust church of 400 members dwindled to less than eighty in attendance. During that time, I learned what it means to have compassion. Initially, I was…