This is where I make a confession. I "name drop" the wrong people. As a Mennonite, it's easy to try to find out how I'm related to someone, to talk about what church means to me, to talk about service in a community, if I dumped ice water on my head, and sometimes to tell people what I'm learning in the Bible. But what I do less often is talk about how I know Jesus.
According to Wikipedia, name-dropping is the practice of mentioning important people or institutions within a conversation, story, song, online identity, or other communication. It's the way we as human beings give ourselves credibility. It also communicates to others what makes us feel important or valued, and what we think has made our lives better. Everybody names something, and we show the reality of what is in our hearts.
Name dropping relates to the meaning of the word evangelical, a bearer of good news. What is the good news? It is that I know Jesus. Underneath all the layers of culture that I put on, it is Jesus that has changed my life. He is the one I know, the true source of transformation within. I'm ready to talk about that more, and to be more transparent about what's really happening.
-John M Troyer
According to Wikipedia, name-dropping is the practice of mentioning important people or institutions within a conversation, story, song, online identity, or other communication. It's the way we as human beings give ourselves credibility. It also communicates to others what makes us feel important or valued, and what we think has made our lives better. Everybody names something, and we show the reality of what is in our hearts.
Name dropping relates to the meaning of the word evangelical, a bearer of good news. What is the good news? It is that I know Jesus. Underneath all the layers of culture that I put on, it is Jesus that has changed my life. He is the one I know, the true source of transformation within. I'm ready to talk about that more, and to be more transparent about what's really happening.
-John M Troyer
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