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Troops from Denmark have joined the Security force in Iraq. Though the Danes are struggling with temperatures around 120, they are prepared for the worst—a blizzard.

The 400 soldiers from Denmark reported to Iraq equipped with snow shovels, brooms, and a lawnmower to help them fulfill their mission of restoring law and order in the war-torn nation. The Danish troops are stationed at Camp Eden in the desert near the southern Iraqi town of Qurna, which is north of Basra.

When asked about the Danish equipment, Jess Rasmussen form the Danish Army Operational Command’s material section said, “It’s all part of a standard camp equipment.” He adds, “It clearly should have been taken out before shipment, but on the other hand it makes no harm”

—Reuters, July 10, 2003, Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell

The one-size-fits-all approach to ministry rarely fits anyone. It is easy to follow standard operating procedures instead of using common sense, or better yet uncommon spiritual sense. Instead of always doing what we’ve always done, the church would do well to do God-breathed ministry—ministry that is based on the word of God.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”