SteelerDirtFreak :: 21st Century Missional Redneck Geek   A reformational renaissance redneck who likes football, dirt car racing, and photography tries to figure out what it means to follow after the path of Jesus in this post-Christian world we find ourselves in.

A most excellent article this morning onThe Dawn Patrol.

One of the presidential candidates stood in the pulpit of a church yesterday morning and said, “We are going to get the job done. Help make this happen, let’s walk in the footsteps of the Lord.”

For those who have noted the candidates’ individual styles of religious rhetoric, the identity of the speaker should come as no surprise. It was John Kerry.

But let’s give the senator the benefit of the doubt and assume he really meant what he was saying. What does it mean to walk in the footsteps of the Lord?

Well, if you want to be technical about it, according to the Psalms, it’s impossible: “Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known” (Psalm 77:19).

But for those who won’t take “no” for an answer, Jesus’ response can be found in three gospels, including Mark 8:34: “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

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