There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.
Month: November 2023
Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
The idea that there’s a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with, if you believe it. Actually, maybe even far-fetched to start with, but the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally. To me, as a poet, I am just in awe of that. It makes some sort of poetic sense. It’s the thing that makes me a believer, though it didn’t dawn on me for many years.
The idea that there’s a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with, if you believe it. Actually, maybe even far-fetched to start with, but the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally. To me, as a poet, I am just in awe of that. It makes some sort of poetic sense. It’s the thing that makes me a believer, though it didn’t dawn on me for many years.
I love the idea of the Sacrificial Lamb… The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That’s the point. It should keep us humbled. It’s not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.
I love the idea of the Sacrificial Lamb… The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That’s the point. It should keep us humbled. It’s not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.
I just go where the life is, you know? Where I feel the Holy Spirit. If it’s in the back of a Roman Catholic cathedral, in the quietness and the incense, which suggest the mystery of God, of God’s presence, or in the bright lights of the revival tent, I just go where I find life. I don’t see denomination.
I just go where the life is, you know? Where I feel the Holy Spirit. If it’s in the back of a Roman Catholic cathedral, in the quietness and the incense, which suggest the mystery of God, of God’s presence, or in the bright lights of the revival tent, I just go where I find life. I don’t see denomination.
Jesus isn’t lettin’ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily…When people say, you know, ‘Good teacher’, ‘Prophet’, ‘Really nice guy’… this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you’re left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case…You have to make a choice on that. And I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God.
Jesus isn’t lettin’ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily…When people say, you know, ‘Good teacher’, ‘Prophet’, ‘Really nice guy’… this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you’re left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case…You have to make a choice on that. And I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God.
What’s so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they’re being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the Blues. It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.
What’s so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they’re being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the Blues. It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.
You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.
You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.
We believe that the most important job of a parent is making sure that your children know just how important they are in the bigger picture.
We believe that the most important job of a parent is making sure that your children know just how important they are in the bigger picture
The pathway to true freedom is being well informed. Set yourself on the path of liberty with the right information. You can soar on the wings of eagles when you hear this prayer guide.
The pathway to true freedom is being well informed. Set yourself on the path of liberty with the right information. You can soar on the wings of eagles when you hear this prayer guide.
Many prayers in liturgical texts have strong biblical roots. The Lord’s Prayer directly comes from the Gospel.
Many prayers in liturgical texts have strong biblical roots. The Lord’s Prayer directly comes from the Gospel.
Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.
Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God’s creational intentions.
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God’s creational intentions.
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.
The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.