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THE POTTER’S CORNER The good news is that this is not new news. There has always been a problem with the majority, which is why God chooses to do His most vital and powerful work through a minority. Whether it was Daniel and his three companions, Gideon and his tiny army, or the ultimate solo performance of Christ at the cross, God works through the path of purity to accomplish His Kingdom purposes. He is looking for hearts that are undivided and totally submitted to Him. He is looking for disciples who are passionately in love with Him. You see, anyone can call himself or herself a Christian, but very few can claim the ne of the core values title of disciple. What is that runs through the difference? A Christian everything Potter’s Field If you have raced with men on foot, believes in Christ; a disciple is and does is the call to and they have wearied you, how will you believes Christ. A Christian compete with horses? … (JEREMIAH 12:5A ESV) make disciples. Whether reads God’s Word; a disciple it is our touring ministry does God’s Word. A that shares the love and Christian witnesses to the hope of God, our Potter’s world; the world witnesses the disciple. When a Christian is Field Kids programs that are training the next generation faced with the moral issues of their culture, they are forced in righteousness, or our IGNITE Mission Training School to choose between what society says is right and what God’s that is equipping and sending an army of young men and Word says on the subject; a disciple doesn’t need to choose women into the mission field, we are deliberately dedicated for the choice was already made – at the cross, once for all, to making disciples. Why is this so crucial to our mission? when they gave their life to Jesus. It is crucial because of the warning of Jesus: O “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.  But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 24:12-13 ESV) Potter’s Field is about making disciples who can run with the horses and endure to the end because lawlessness is definitely on the rise. Somewhere in the mix of reading about things like the rising suicide rate among pastors, the increasing number of divorces between professing Christians, the moral failure of church leadership, and the like, I began to feel a nagging question rising up out of my heart. What is happening to the Bride of Christ? When did she lose her love for the Groom? The difference between a Christian and a disciple is the crux of why the core value to make disciples is so central to Potter’s Field. Only disciples will have the depth of love that is able to run with horses when the time comes, regardless of how many Christians may fall in the interim. The hope for every believer is that we get to determine whether we are simply a Christian or a faith-filled disciple. The stories you will read in this magazine are written tributes to the passionate people who have sacrificially supported, obediently gone, or powerfully prayed because they chose to be disciples. ‘Til the Whole World Hears, Pastor Michael and Pam Rozell 3