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November 9, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

3 Ways to Pursue Excellence for the Glory of God

Why pursue excellence? Biblically speaking, we should pursue excellence not because we’re motivated to boost our ego or to achieve success, but because our glorious, excellent God deserves no less, and because he’s created us for excellence and has called us to pursue excellence for His glory. How Should We Respond to God’s Excellence? What’s… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Missions & Discipeship Tagged With: Character, Discipleship, Excellence, Glory of God, Imitation, Proclamation, Pursuit of Excellence, Virtue

November 8, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

5 Reasons Why Christians Aren’t Pursuing Excellence

In Philippians 4:8, Paul writes, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, what is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” OK, then, let’s do just that – think about excellence. Christians Not Always Known for Excellence… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Missions & Discipeship Tagged With: 5 Reasons, Discipleship, Excellence, Franky Schaeffer, Glory of God, Grace, Mediocrity

November 3, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

Writing Tips: What Works?

I love writing. Sometimes people ask me for suggestions on how to find time to write and how to be productive. Here are a few suggestions: (1) Be disciplined: Grind it out. Germans call this Sitzfleisch (essentially, the ability to stay seated and not to get up until a given task is accomplished). (2) Be flexible:… Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Excellence, Scholarship, Style, Writing

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