If in your answer to this question Jesus is the King of kings, then church will reflect that. If Jesus has all authority of heaven and earth and is always present, then church will be different. But if Jesus is docile, passive, and indifferent, your church will be as well. -Neil Cole, Organic Church
Last night as I lay in bed waiting for the boys to fall asleep, I had the most amazing thought. I was praying for them, and thinking about life, and I thought, “God, if there is nothing after this, if death is death and there is no more, the best way of life is STILL…
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things. – G.K. Chesterton
Leaders are there to help us discover our own purpose in life, even to embody that purpose and act as a prototype. Changethis.com manifesto on purpose
The Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments are the Doctor’s prescribed health regimen, not the Employer’s job description. ‚Äì John Piper, Desiring God
Just reading Romans 6 and thinking about the slaves and obeying thing. If a slave of Mr. Jones spent his whole day thinking about Mr. Smith, the scene would look like this. ‚Äúdon‚Äôt obey Mr. Smith, don‚Äôt obey Mr. Smith, don‚Äôt obey Mr. Smith, what‚Äôs that, Mr. Jones? Yessir, I‚Äôll be right there sir. don‚Äôt…
‚ÄúNot only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.‚Äù (Rom 5:3-5 NIV) Of course you know what…
It is so crazy to think about Paul writing Romans and NOT KNOWING how it‚Äôs going to turn out. He is dictating, and he could go back and revise stuff, but just like a sermon that is preached rather than read, the guy preaching it doesn‚Äôt know exactly where all it‚Äôs going to go before…
Religious “flesh” always wants to work for God (rather than humbling itself to realize God must work for it in free grace) . But “if you live according to the flesh you will die” (Romans 8:13). That is why our very lives hang on not working for God. From the chapter on prayer, p.172, Desiring…
‚ÄúGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men‚Äôs hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;‚Äù (Acts 17:24-25 KJVS) wait a minute, God…
