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Aesop once told of a crow who envied the beauty of a swan and tried to change its habits only to discover that habits cannot change nature. That old fable speaks directly to our age. We spend billions tinkering with externals while ignoring the heart, and no amount of activism, protesting, or moral lecturing can turn a sinner into a saint apart from Jesus Christ. Yet many today inside the church as much as outside practice “the gospel according to nagging,” convinced the world will improve if only everyone else would listen to their complaints. True change comes not through criticism but through prayer, conversion, and the transforming power of grace. The question is not how loudly we protest, but how faithfully we trust God. And when our own story is told, will we be remembered as naggers or as people of prayer?
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0:00CR101radio.com podcast and more 60 nagging When I went to school, Aesop's fables was read by children with delight. We need to remember some of their wisdom. Do you remember the fable, the crow in the swan? Its conclusion is, you may change your habits, but not your nature. We're spending billions of dollars and much time trying to change the exterior of things, but not dealing with the heart of the problem. No matter how much people change their habits, they remain sinners as long as they deny Jesus Christ. We've too many people in the church and out of it, whose solution is to demonstrate, talk, nag and protest. There's is the gospel according to nagging. Nag everybody until the world and men are changed. Doesn't anyone believe in prayer and conversion anymore?
1:02Many church members seem to believe that the good works of faith require criticizing their pastor and other members. How will we be remembered?
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