I thought about calling this: “Worship leaders and their worshippers," but that's just over the top (I hope). But I do want to say from the onset that what you’re about to read might make you mad, and if it does, I’m glad! Well, not really, but I’d be glad if your mad made you …
Radical…
Have you read the book called, Radical, by David Platt? Honestly, it didn’t seem very “radical” to me till about 2/3 of the way through. But when he started talking about a simple lifestyle, the church’s opulence, and living dangerously – he had me! Here are some excerpts from the book and a few of …
Beach glass…
I’ve been a beachcomber for most of my life. Besides finding perfectly whole (un-chipped) sand dollars, beach glass is my greatest beach treasure. For you non-coastal persons – beach glass is broken pieces of bottles that have been tossed into the waves, broken on the shore, washed back out with receding waves only to have …
God hurts too (Part 3 of 3)
My friend Michael sent me an excerpt from A.W. Tozer’s book, A Disruptive Faith: Expect God to Interrupt Your Life. I thought I’d read pretty much everything Tozer wrote, but this one was new to me. When people called him a “prophet,” Tozer responded, “Well, maybe a Minor Prophet.” He told it like it is …
God hurts too (Part 2 of 3)
My last post was about how God hurts with us. When we hurt, he hurts too. Here are a couple more thoughts about that. I ran across something that the prophet Isaiah said (Isaiah 63:9). I’ve included several versions of it since each carries its own sort of soothing nuance. In all their suffering he …
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