Are you a Christian who hides that fact from others? Maybe you don’t want your colleagues and friends, or even family, to know you’re a Christian. But why? Can it be that your actions don’t align with your faith? Everyone knows I love to dance and at parties I sometimes really get into it. To religious folks, this is not Christian conduct—and I have wrestled with this. On a recent trip to South Africa, I attended three church services and was captivated by the way services are conducted. The scriptures were read in various languages so everyone would understand. The parishioners were exuberant as they sang, danced, and praised God—their faces aglow. I was also struck by the way prayer was of
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