Even though I didn’t agree with some of her comments, and I had some trouble clicking with her, I’m posting my notes. They have more commentary than transcript notes though.
Some of this lady’s talk helped me to realize the difference between the good speakers and the amazing speakers at the Global Leadership Summit. There are layers and layers of filters you bring to these kinds of things, and the more you are using, the more exhausting it is to listen.
If somebody else got something out of this talk, feel free to add it to the comments.
During the most important part of the church service, the background music played is an anthem to their country. Pictures of their military are shown, some even with guns in hand, while the congregation meditates on the Eucharist-the body and blood of Jesus who said “blessed are the peacemakers.” At the end, the men’s choir…
I turned on the radio long enough to hear an advertisement for a tape series on how to live a Biblically based world view, and I thought wow! Is that the goal now? And, turned off my radio. Isn’t that what the Pharisees that crucified Jesus were working on?!
When you preach, do not teach interesting things. Do not preach great information to help people’s lives be better/happier/fuller/richer/stable or anything! PREACH as if you are speaking of LIFE and DEATH. Preach as if your message MUST be heard and lived out or they’ll die. We have had enough good speaches to improve our quality…
I was just reading Rick’s notes on John 6.1-13 and the recurring theme of God giving in abundance and there being leftovers comes up over and over again. When Jesus handed out the bread, there were leftovers, when He turned the water into wine, I HOPE there were leftovers!, when they caught all of the…
I just read in the Catholic Encyclopedia that only wheat bread is allowed for communion. It specifically says NOT barley bread. Heh. How about that, with what we read that the feeding of the 5,000 was most likely barley bread?! On that same vein, it makes another comment about Jesus miraculously turning the wine into…
