Sep 28, 2026 · 28 min · 9 segments
This week Stephen Foster encourages us to embrace our distinctiveness and let our lives shine with integrity and faith.
Stephen FosterGuest
But what if God has a purpose for your presence in your company, in your community, in your church, in your city? We can have a complicated relationship with the idea of influence.


And Jesus exercised the greatest influence the world has ever known, not by hoarding influence to himself, but by pouring it out on the cross for other people, which tells you there's such a thing as godly influence.

And so how can we find and deploy that kind of influence? Well, the first thing we see in this passage is that we need to be distinct.

But what if God has a purpose for your presence in your company, in your community, in your church, in your city? We can have a complicated relationship with the idea of influence.


And Jesus exercised the greatest influence the world has ever known, not by hoarding influence to himself, but by pouring it out on the cross for other people, which tells you there's such a thing as godly influence.

And so how can we find and deploy that kind of influence? Well, the first thing we see in this passage is that we need to be distinct.
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