• Christian Living

    Is It Okay to Want to Be Great?

    As a sophomore in college, I remember having the opportunity to eat dinner with a wise man. This man was a teacher who taught only one class at the college: biblical hermeneutics. Although he only taught one class on campus, he also taught full-time at a local high school. In other words, he had devoted his life to teaching. He spent his days helping young people learn how to think, how to read, how to understand the Bible, and how to live the Christian life. One day, I saw him eating by himself in the school cafeteria, so my friend and I went over to join him. I remember trying hard to think of some impressive question to ask. After all, here was a man who seemed to possess the kind of wisdom you only get from years of walking with the Lord. Surely, I should ask him something profound.…