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Surprised by normal

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Even a cursory read through the New Testament reveals a church that is very different from what many of us know today. Things that seem to surprise us now were just part of the normal church culture then.

We’re surprised by healings.

We’re surprised by salvations.

We’re surprised by trials.

We’re surprised by unity.

We’re thrown off — in good and bad ways — when we experience these things that were common occurrences in the church then.

What we call persecution, they called daily living.

What we call revival, they called Sunday.

I can’t speak (or write) for you, but I don’t want my normal Christian experience to be something that looks foreign to the lives of the New Testament followers of Jesus. I want their normal passion and power to become my normal, too.

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May 29, 2021by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.