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Thursday Thots
October 15, 2009
Thursday Thots
July 2, 2009I’ve loved this quote by Soren Kierkegaard which I read several years ago. Think about this statement. Ponder it. There is great truth in it.
The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to undertstand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obligated to act accordingly.
Thursday Thots
June 25, 2009I read this quote yesterday: “People are afraid to be amazing.”
I think this is very true. But what keeps us from being amazing? Why are we afraid. After all, if we listened to God in Isaiah 51 (see Wednesday’s “Are You Hungry?”) we would no not to be afraid. So what makes you afraid of being amazing?
Fear of failure?
Fear of being hurt again because the last time you attempted it you got burned?
Fear that God really never created you to be amazing?
What keeps you from being amazing for God?
Thursday Thots
June 18, 2009As we reflect on the close fo our series “Intersect | Culture” that we’ve been doing on Wednesday nights, here are two great quotes that summarize what we’ve been talking about well.
I believe that today God is calling us in the church to become a different kind of movement, known for our kisses of compassion (a reference back to the story of the Prodigal Son) rather than our condemnations.
From its first moments, the church has held the promise of being an expression of God’s presence on this earth. No other entity has greater potential to bring about real and sustainable change for good, whether we’re talking about individual lives or the world at large.
quotes taken from “The Monkey and the Fish” by Dave Gibbons
As we intersect with the cultures around us – the cultures we all live and move within every day – may we be found as a people who speak words of love, who act in love, who really love, and are willing to tell others of the greatest love anyone has ever known. This is exactly what will start a new revolution!
