Is it a Sin to be Average?

February 21, 2010 AM
The Rest of Your Life #7
Dave Marttunen

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Average. It sounds condescending, blah, under performing, and well, inadequate. Average can mean middle of the pack, run of the mill, ordinary, unappealing, as in common. So what does being an average Christian mean? Is it a sin to be a common and ordinary Christian? Can an ordinary, middle of the pack follower of Jesus be OK with Him and us? Is it less, inadequate, unsatisfactory and somehow deficient to be average as a follower of Jesus? Or does being an average Christian mean something altogether good and wholly adequate? Can it be that average is precisely God's intent and it is not Him, but ourselves, due to culture and the stress on excellence, that cause us to over reach and to miss what God wants us to celebrate and enjoy. So, here's to being average for the rest of our lives! Today, Pastor Marttunen will teach on the goodness of being an average follower of Jesus. This is part 7 in the series, „The Rest of Your Life!‟

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