the other 11 disciples didn’t stop believing in Jesus, because of the actions of Judas.
if the actions of others wreck your faith, then you have to ask yourself, “was my faith in Jesus or people?”
In all my years of pastoring, I have learned this lesson: a person's spiritual maturity is not truly visible until they DON'T get their way. Then you see the person.
youth pastors / college pastors,
that student that comes every week, but acts like they don’t care, still walks in habitual sin, and is a “thorn in your flesh”… whatever you do, don’t give up on them.
that student was me from 16 to 21.