Recently I’ve gotten back into the writings of A.W. Tozer. Back in the 1970s and 80s his books were a staple of my spiritual life. I highly recommend these in particular: The Knowledge of the Holy (my all time favorite of his), The Pursuit of God, The Root of the Righteous, Born After Midnight, That …
How can a bunch of crying Christians do the world any good?
My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. Lamentations 2:11 So, are you saying we’re supposed to just sit around and cry about how bad the world is? Aren’t we …
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Another Reason to Weep
A few years ago a brother from our church rushed into the church office on a weekday lunchtime and said, “There are two kids in the bushes right outside having sex!” “What are you talking about?” I said. “I’m not making this up. When I passed by the front of the church, there was a …
How does all this lamenting bring us any closer to God?
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. Psalm 126:5-6 We’ve been talking about lamenting in general and now from a utilitarian vantage point. What good does crying about the world and its problems do? Last time …
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How can we weep and have faith at the same time?
Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them… Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. Jeremiah 9 Rather than beleaguer anyone with a long string of talks on the theme of lamenting I decided to inject them here and there in small doses in order to …
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