The Call of the Four Fishermen

Driving home: Though the call of Christ meant the crushing of his own plans for his boys, he let them go.

Martin recounts his own experience as a young Christian feeling called to be a missionary to Africa, and his parents' supportive, though tearful, response. This illustrates godly parental attitudes, where parents prioritize Christ's call over their own desires for their children.

but I'm going to do it this morning because I think it illustrates this principle so powerfully. I was only a Christian about a year when sitting in an atmosphere where the most spiritual thing to do was to give yourself to be a foreign missionary and especially at that time, Africa, because it was still considered the dark, slumbering continent.

48:13 - 48:35 Read in full sermon