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October 31, 2008
Reformation Day
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Today is Reformation Day. In Wittenberg, Saxony (present-day Germany), 491 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the All Saints' Church, which served as a notice board for university-related announcements. The result would be arguably the most significant transformation in church history.
Jamaica and I traveled to Germany three years ago and we traced some of Martin Luther's steps. We visited the place where he nailed the 95 Theses (the original building had burned down).
Although Facebook, blogs and Twitter were non existent in those days, something else had been gaining major mainstream momentum. Thanks to the printing press, "the 95 Theses were quickly translated from Latin into German, printed, and widely copied, making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press. Within two weeks, the theses had spread throughout Germany; within two months throughout Europe."
If you haven't read the theses, I encourage you to do so.
We must not forget that the Reformation was a reformation of the church. I think too many times we think culture needs a reformation or that "they" need a reformation.
No my friends, we need a reformation.
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July 22, 2008
Taking God Seriously
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A crowd of people were waiting at the base of a high mountain. Somewhere amidst this sea of people, a desperate man emerges, falls to his knees, and cries out on behalf of his troubled son. "He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures," says the father. "Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river." This desperate dad is obviously burdened by a disparate son.
No one knows exactly what is going on or what the reasons for sickness are. The only thing dad knows to do is seek Jesus. He already tried seeking out a couple disciples, but they couldn't help. Apparently the disciples had no sense of God, no focus, and were quite forgetful as Jesus points out.
After the boy is healed, the disciples get a little miffed because they can't figure out why Jesus could do it and not them. Apparently they weren't listening when he was telling them why a little earlier, so Jesus gets real specific: "Because you're not yet taking God seriously."
Ouch.
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December 31, 2007
Weekend With Brennan Manning
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A month ago, Jamaica and I got to head up to Lake Arrowhead with a few hundred young adults from our church, Christian Assembly. This was the second time we took part in this annual pilgrimage.
My main reason for going was to hear Brennan Manning speak. He lead four different sessions and this was the first time I had heard him live. I've read several of his books--he's got quite the story!
All of his talks from the weekend can be downloaded online. Enjoy!
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December 11, 2007
God Is Fed Up
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I was reading in Amos today and bumped into this passage again about how God is fed up.
"I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice--oceans of it. I want fairness--rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want."
Go God.
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October 11, 2007
Sir Francis Drake, Disturb Us
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Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
-Sir Francis Drake, 1577
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January 16, 2007
Blue Like Jazz
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Just finished reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. The book has been out for quite sometime but I never jumped on the band wagon for whatever reason.
Miller is poignant, pugnacious and pithy. He's one of the only people I know that translates almost identically as a speaker. It's as if I could read him or listen to him and feel like I am engaged in the same experience.
The book is a perfect pause in the journey for those of us that grew up in church. I found myself relating to many of Miller's ramblings and encouraged by his random and risky behavior as it related to living faith.
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December 20, 2006
Spiritual Reading
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Just finished reading Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson. This has been one of the best books I've read on the topic of spiritual reading in a long time. Peterson's unique style of writing, coupled with his obvious desire to make sure that Scripture is not lost to words on paper, is piercing.
"Words written are radically removed from their originating context..."
"Every word I hear, everything I see in my imagination as this story unfolds, involves me relationally, pulls me into participation, matters to my core identity, affects who I and and what I do."
Not only has this book re-introduced me to the Book, it has also helped my understanding of communication at its core. The ability to connect the message bearer with the message receiver is no easy task! Yet everyone of us attempts this everyday through phone calls, emails, coffee dates and birthday cards.
The art of spiritual reading is truly an art, as is the art of communication in general. Thanks Eugene for penning a real beauty!
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November 9, 2006
Participitory Reading
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For the past few weeks, I've been reading Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson. In one of the chapters, Peterson tells of his appetite for running. From the "smooth rhythms of long-distance running" to "the quietness, the solitude, the heightened senses," it is clear that running is very personal and very much a participatory experience for Peterson. In his prime, he subscribed to three running magazines and regularly checked out books from the library on running and runners.
Until the day when Peterson pulled a muscle, and couldn't run for a couple months. He noticed that when he was not running, he was no longer engaged in his regular rhythm of ingesting running books, magazines, and conversation.
"I was reading about running not primarily to find out something, not to learn something, but for companionship and validation and confirmation of the experience of running. Yes, I did learn a few things along the way, but mostly it was to extend and deepen and populate the world of running that I loved so much. But if I wasn't running, there was nothing to deepen."
The parallels to my own life are significant. My how easy it is to replace the word "running" with "marketing," "business," "cause," even "church." My consumption of related fodder only feeds my appetite for more. The affirmation is helpful as is the motivation to do more, be more, and experience more.
The parallel for Peterson is that Scripture must be ingested the same way. If we're not living it, we have no motivation to read it, discuss it, and experience it.
I shudder to think what would happen if I used the same obedience and discipline applied to my other love interests, and actually did the same with Scripture.
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June 22, 2006
Why I Don't Pray
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Perhaps this is why I don't pray and petition God as much as I should:
1. I'm over confident - as if I'm a pinch hitter for God.
2. I don't believe it could actually be answered in the first place.
3. Or maybe I'm not asking for enough hard things.
In 2 Kings 2, Elijah and Elisha are walking together. Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha responds, "I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." Elijah fires back. "You have asked a hard thing..."
Maybe I need to ask harder things. Maybe I need to start asking God for things that actually cause him to do a double-take.
"You want me to heal that!?"
"You want to see how many souls saved this year!?"
"You want peace there!?"
"You want me to do that!?
Uh, yeah God, I do.
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May 8, 2006
Standing Straight
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I listened to a podcast over the weekend by Ravi Zacharias. Ravi had a great quote from GK Chesterton:
"There are many angles at which you can fall, but there is only one at which you can stand straight."
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March 14, 2006
Showing Emotion
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Growing up, I remember quoting John 11:35 as my favorite Scripture passage, only because it is the shortest verse in the Bible and I could actually remember it. Later on I would learn that this verse is also one of the vulnerable moments in the life of Jesus as he expresses emotion for the loss of Lazarus.
What stood out to me this morning while reading this familiar story was that Jesus expressed this deep emotion after he had said (not once, but twice) that Lazarus would be raised from the dead. Why would Jesus cry if he knew Lazarus was just moments away from walking out of the grave?
Maybe showing emotion is a good thing, regardless of whether I know the end of the story (good or bad). Instead of staying tough, being strong, and all the other cliches that go with our emotional coverups, perhaps I could take a lead from the Savior on what it means to emote. Not because Divinity demands it but because my humanity needs it.
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February 24, 2006
Consumer Christianity
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In my western culture paradigm of thinking that everything tangible is within my reach, I am discontented with the empty sensation that comes from getting it now and paying for it later.
Not surprising that the Kingdom of God goes at it the other way.
I regret the times when I have been moved more by sermons that taught me how to cling to the promises rather than run to the promiser maker. When I live life as though it were a business, I find myself more concerned with staying in the black when I know Jesus wants us in the red. When we're in the red, his blood covers us, his love sustains us, and his hope frees us.
The one thing I ask of the LORD--
the thing I seek most--
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD's perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
- Psalm 27:4 (NLT)
I want to focus more on just being with Jesus, and not so much on making sure I'm cashing in on all of his promises.
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February 15, 2006
Security
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In his recently re-released book, The Importance of Being Foolish, Brennan Manning spends a considerable - almost uncomfortable - amount of time talking to me personally. I hate it when he does this because I wonder and worry what everyone else is getting out of the book if he's addressing only my issues.
When we cling to a miserable sense of security, the possibility of transparency is utterly defeated. Just as the sunrise of faith requires the sunset of our former unbelief, our false ideas, and our erroneous and circumscribed convictions, so the dawn of trust requires the abandonment of our craving for material and spiritual reassurances. Security in the Lord Jesus implies that we no longer calculate or count the cost.
Brennan prefaces this punch with some poignant ponderments that "every Christian must answer in total candor."
- Do I hunger for Jesus Christ?
- Do I yearn to spend time alone with Jesus in prayer?
- Is he the most important person in my life?
- Does he fill my soul with a song of joy?
- Is he on my lips as a shout of praise?
- Do I eagerly turn to his memoirs, his Testament, to learn more of him?
- Do I thirst for the living water of his Holy Spirit?
- Am I making the effort to die daily to anything and everything that inhibits, diminishes, or threatens my friendship with him?
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October 26, 2005
White-Hot and Full of Service
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Richard Foster, in his book Devotional Classics, distills a few nuggets of insight from Francis de Sales, a sixteenth century prolific writer - a "master of the metaphor." Francis writes about "true devotion" and uses the idea of charity and devotion to explore how our horizontal (God) and vertical (people) relationships should be.
It is generally assumed today that devotion means a series of religious duties to add to an already overcommitted schedule. But such is simply not the case. By themselves, the externals of religion are dry, dead, dusty stuff. No, we all need the heartfelt habit that Frances calls "charity," by which he simply means the ability to do good to all people.
Foster continues:
Francis de Sales reminds us that on the vertical plane, "true devotion" means a head-over-heals, white-hot love of God. On the horizontal plane it means a strength free of guile to serve others.
I want my relationship with God to be white-hot.
I want my relationship with others to be full of service!
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October 18, 2005
From Affection to Action
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The great thinker and theologian, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), in his book Religious Affections, comments:
When we look at the world, we see that people are exceedingly busy. It is their affections that keep them busy. If we were to take away their affections, the world would me motionless and dead; there would be no such thing as activity. It is the affection we call covetousness that moves a person to seek worldly profits; it is the affection we call ambition that moves a person to pursue worldly glory; it is the affection we call lust that moves a person to pursue sensual delights. Just as the worldly affections are the spring of worldly actions, so the religious affections are the spring of religions actions.
Richard Foster, in his book Devotional Classics, responds:
We today desperately need this lesson because a modern myth abounds that true objectivity must be passionless. As a result, we analyze and dissect the spiritual life without the slightest personal involvement or commitment and think we understand it. But the spiritual life cannot be understood in this detached way. We understand by commitment. And we enter into commitment and sustain commitment by what Edwards rightly calls "holy affections."
I want to be a person who does less analyzing and instead have more attachment to the affections Edwards talks about. I want my holy affections to breath life into holy actions.
October 13, 2005
Jesus Wasn't Looking for 12 Converts
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For sometime now I have been mulling over this idea that Jesus does not care so much about making converts as much as he does about making disciples. Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines, unpacks this idea a little further. Borrowing a phrase from Jess Moody, Willard suggests our churches today are filled with "undiscipled disciples." Says Willard, "Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have not yet decided to follow Christ."
When Jesus walked among humankind there was a certain simplicity to being a disciple. Primarily it meant to go with him, in an attitude of study, obedience, imitation. There were no correspondence courses. One knew what to do and what it would cost.
Yes, but the disciples had Jesus - in his physical human form - right in front of them. We obviously don't have this luxury (and luxury it certainly is) today. Playing hacky sack with Jesus seems so far away from our tangible grasp of how easy the disciples had it when it came to following. Kick it to me Jesus!
Willard describes a disciple as "one who, intent upon becoming Christlike and so dwelling in his 'faith and practice,' systematically and progressively rearranges his affairs to that end."
I want to be a disciple of Jesus. More than just a converted sinner, I want to be a follower of the One who is going places. Pick me Jesus. I'm in.
October 3, 2005
Counting the Cost
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"One day when large groups of people were walking along with him, Jesus turned and told them, "Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers, sisters - yes, even one's own self! - can't be my disciple. Anyone who won't shoulder his own cross and follow behind me can't be my disciple." Luke 14:25-27 (MSG)
Jesus is talking about the cost of being a disciple, but there seems to be more to this cost than just letting go of family. Come on, letting go of family - especially at various times throughout life - can be an exciting thing, not a sad thing!
C.S. Lewis, in his book Mere Christianity, suggests we're getting our wires crossed when it comes to understanding how much of ourselves we are to give, or give over to Christ.
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June 27, 2005
Our Best Can Be Our Worst
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What we're good at is often what we're bad at.
How often do we allow our good qualities, what we're perhaps even known for, to be something we hide behind, especially when it comes to the stuff that really matters?
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June 22, 2005
That I May Apprehend...
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I had a phone conversation today with a guy from an organization that I serve on the board for. He referenced a Bible verse that really grabbed me.
Philippians 3:12
"Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (KVJ). (Emphasis mine)
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March 10, 2005
First Missionary Journey
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Insights From the First Missionary Journey (Acts 13-14)
The role of the church and the role of the missionary must be collaborative, cooperative, and cohesive. Working together, the church can be a pivotal partner in the advancing of the Gospel. At the same time, the missionary can be an ambassador of the sending church and represent the hearts of the supporters to people needing Jesus. Using Acts 13-14, I suggest five principles / guidelines to help missionaries and missionary-sending churches as they purpose together in the great commission.
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February 12, 2005
Study of Psalms 1, 19, and 119
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A) The blessings associated with God's Word
B) The attitude of the disciple who receives the blessings identified
The Blessings, The "Bear Claw" That Always Wins
Remember when you were a kid at the pizza restaurant, just after the baseball game? After chomping down a few bites of pizza and washing it down with a swig of soda, you incessantly tugged on dad's jeans, trying to get his attention -or at least a couple quarters - to play the "bear claw" game. You know, the game where you plop in a quarter, press the red blinking button on the black joystick, and maneuver the three-pronged metal claw around a myriad of colorful toys, stuffed animals, and all kinds of shiny fodder that would of course look good no matter where you put it in your bedroom back home.
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January 15, 2005
Response to Romans 14:1-15:13
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What can we learn from Paul's response to the Jew/Gentile tension within the Roman Church in dealing with our own racial and cultural tensions within our local churches?
A Christian's response to racial and ethnic tensions within their culture, specifically with regard to lifestyle and values, should be one of godliness, glory, and grace. When a response flows from such a context, grace is extended to people, glory extends to God, and godliness (reverence, divinity) is experienced by both the receiver and the giver.
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January 3, 2005
Religion: A Pacifier?
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Is religion (in the Christian sense) a pacification for people who don't have purpose or poise? Can people with purpose and poise still have a relationship with Jesus but not be so caught up in it so as to seem to pacify themselves with emotion, emulation, or enlightenment?
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November 15, 2004
Quit Trying to Find God's Will
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I can't count how many times I've banged my head over the subject of finding, doing, and fulfilling God's will for my life. Over the last couple of years, I have really come to terms with the reality that I don't think God gives a flip about what we do in our lifetime as long as it does one thing and one thing alone: bring glory to him. Every action, every thought, everything must bring glory to God. If it doesn't, I'm out of God's will.
If you're a musician: rock on.
If you're a writer: write on.
If you're a business person: make a lot of money.
If you're a student: learn everything you want to.
If you're a mom: raise those kids to be champions.
If you're an actor: be wildly famous.
Do anything you want to do! Just be sure that when you're doing it, God is being glorified.
How's that for finding God's will?
Sometime ago, U2's Bono referenced a quote that a pastor had told him once: "Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed."
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November 14, 2004
The Greatest ________?
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Growing up in a Christian family, community, and church, I was always quick to agree with people who made the all-to-familiar comment: "Jesus is the greatest [insert noun here]. Maybe you have heard a few of these statements:
- Jesus is the greatest story teller.
- Jesus is the best friend anyone could have.
- Jesus is the strongest person in the world.
- Jesus is the most talented guy ever.
- Jesus is the greatest soccer player.
Could there be anything Jesus is not the greatest at? According to my unintentional inadvertent childhood application of this concept, I think not.
Now that I am past my flannel graph parable-telling Sunday school days, I tend to think Jesus could not be the greatest at everything. How could Jesus be the strongest man in the world? How could he be the best carpenter ever? How could he tell the best stories? How could he have the best fashion sense? Better yet, how could we ever measure any of this?
It seems like such a subterfuge for setting up an argument. Does Jesus really need to be the greatest ever ___________ in order to establish himself in the hearts of people? Do I really care if Jesus is the best writer in the world? Heck, the only time he ever wrote was in the sand!
I realize my point here is minor.
Perhaps this should be filed under pet peeves.
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November 8, 2004
The Not-So-Wild West
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Why do stories of the Church (big C) coming out of other countries, particularly where persecuted Christians exist, always seem so inspiring, motivating, and thrilling? As if their spiritual journey of faith is all that matters.
All this despite:
- They have a Bible that often consists of just a few pages.
- They lack complete structure (i.e., no regular meetings) for the very fact they are often "underground."
- Their Christian walk is almost completely experiential (theology training is rare) and yet their relationship with God is definitely authentic.
Here in the West, our Bible is complete. Our structures are solid (i.e., church once a week). And our Christian walk is often steeped in training, theology, and thinking. Our relationship with God can most certainly be authentic.
When was the last time you heard a story coming out of the West that was inspiring, motivating, and thrilling? Besides that one time...
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November 7, 2004
God, Tied for First
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I'm sharing some thoughts I've been mulling over in my head for staff devos tomorrow morning. My thesis is this:
It's not that I don't put God first, it's that I don't make everything else secondary.
We read in Exodus 20:3, the first of the ten commandments. "You shall have no other gods before (or besides) me."
I looked up "gods" in the dictionary. One of the definitions that stood out to me was "one that is worshiped, idealized, or followed." I then looked up the word "idealized" and found 1) A conception of something in its absolute perfection; 2) One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence; 3) An ultimate object of endeavor; a goal; and 4) An honorable or worthy principle or aim.
It's easy to think of all the things we should not put first and give ourselves a pat on the back for not doing that (immorality, greed, jealousy, etc.).
It's not so easy to see all the good things we do - even God-things - as also needing to be put secondary to God (our family/spouse, friends, job, personal life, even the motions of devotions).
What can I do to make sure everything else is secondary to my relationship with God?
In 2 Chronicles 16:9 Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said "God is always on the alert, constantly on the lookout for people who are totally committed to him. You were foolish to go for human help when you could have had God's help. Now you're in trouble - one round of war after another."
God searches for those who will make him their single desire, who will say like David in Psalm 16:5, "My choice is you, God, first and only. And now I find I'm your choice!"
I want God to be first place.
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October 6, 2004
Mom Wants Booze, Son Says 'Don't Push Me'
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For those that don't know the story:
Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus' mother told him, "They're just about out of wine." Jesus said, "Is that any of our business, Mother--yours or mine? This isn't my time. Don't push me." She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it." Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, "Fill the pots with water." And they filled them to the brim. "Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host," Jesus said, and they did. When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn't know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, "Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you've saved the best till now!" This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days. John 2:1-11 (MSG)
I've read this story countless times but, when I read it this morning, I was struck by the interaction between Jesus and his mother. It is assuming, awkward and affectionate all at the same time.
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August 5, 2004
God Loves Stories
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Jesus' use of parables in the New Testament continues to draw parallels to present day story telling. Using the arts - theater, photography, movies, books, and more - generation after generation have continued to take the lead from the Master Storyteller who walked the earth over two thousand years ago. It frustrates me greatly how only recently (within the last one hundred years) Christians - "little christs" - have lost the lead in the use of communication mediums. While I do believe this will only be a short blip on the historical timeline of Christianity screw-ups, I do think its implications are calamitous.
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July 26, 2004
Susanna Wesley Defines Sin
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Driving to work today, I was listening - for the second time - to a sermon by Ravi Zacharias. I have begun listening to sermons more than once because it is frustrating how much you forget! Ravi quoted from a letter Susanna Wesley wrote to her son John, on June 8, 1725. In it, Susanna gives a definition for sin:
Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
This has got to be one of the best definitions I have heard. It goes along the lines of what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:12, "Everything is permissible for me - but not everything is beneficial."
I want to be a man who has strong reasoning, a tender conscience, a clear sense of God, and a relish for spiritual things. In short, I want my mind to have authority and strength over my body.
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February 29, 2004
Restless Copycat, How Original
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It seems to be a reoccurring problem for me lately. My dreams, my desires, my ambitions; they are so alive inside that I wish I could do them all right now. This is not the problem. The problem is that every day it seems I find others who are already doing the same thing - or close to it. Some are doing it a little different than I would; some are doing a little better than I probably could. This discourages me immensely. What is it inside of me that makes me believe I have to be the only one doing it? What makes me think I am the one that should be doing it? What makes me think that I should go ahead and do it and prove to the other people already doing it that I am their worst nightmare? Is it competition? Is it entrepreneurship? Is it greed, lust or jealousy? Is there room for more than one idea in the arena of life? Coke and Pepsi. McDonald's and Burger King. Toyota and Honda. Tivo and Replay. Starbucks and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Quiznos and Subway. Nike and Reebok. The list goes on. So it seems there is room for two or more doing the same thing. I'm still restless.
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