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Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us." The last thing we want to do in cross-cultural ministry is to offend people in other cultures. Unfortunately, all too often and even though we don't mean it, our actions communicate superiority, paternalism,...

I can think of only one reason Jesus came as a servant: it is the very nature of God to serve. Were it not so, what hope would exist for humanity? We were hopelessly lost in our sin, unable to render ourselves acceptable to God. Jesus served us by making an eternal relationship with the Father possible through his own life, death and resurrection. If God connected with us as a servant, that becomes the way we too connect with the people of this world. While it runs counter to our natural desire,
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