Alfred G LaraGrowing up in the violent streets of Chicago gave me an opportunity to understand things the average believer can't, simply because of demographics. That experience pivots me to embrace not only the need for a Savior but the need to share what attraced me to Jesus in the first place, and that's the exchange of sin for grace through confession. From being a gang leader to finding myself in the classroom in a school of ministry or the mission field and outreach after outreach, or even at the pulpit and the pew, being an unfinished work means I need Jesus like a fish needs water, and that's regardless of accomplishments or accolades I'm able to accumulate throughout life.What I do know is that I am nothing without God! That's where I began, and there's where I will end: to know Him and to make Him known! Read More Read Less