Author: Andy Farmer

In my last BCC post, I wrote a blog called “Don’t Make the Hamilton Mistake,” which was inspired by some summer reading I was doing. I was struck by how easy it is in ministry and life to grab a principle that seems important to us and make it an issue of conscience. Using a fateful event in Alexander Hamilton’s life, I showed how we could become myopic to the point of justifying almost any decision appealing to our conscience or our personal principles. Well, I got that off my chest. Burden delivered, insight spread to the masses, the world changed just a little bit for the better. My work here was done. But God’s work in me apparently wasn’t accomplished. Continue Reading →