Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.
03551 – What is Wisdom?
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02729 – Walk the Talk?
The Jesus way wedded to the Jesus truth brings about the Jesus life. We can’t proclaim the Jesus truth but then do it any old way we like
02521 – Participating in What God is Doing
The task is not to get God to do something I think needs done, but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can participate in it.
02157 – Congregations, Sinners, & Pastors
Every congregation is a congregation of sinners. As if that weren’t bad enough, they all have sinners for pastors.
02110 – Pay Attention. Be Ready.
I am a pastor. My work has to do with God and souls--intense mysteries that no one has ever seen at any time....I don't want to end up a bureaucrat in the time-management business for God or a librarian cataloguing timeless truths. Salvation is kicking in the womb of...
01698 – Take a Sabbath!
If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you're not doing anything.
01615 – Worship is an Act, Not a Feeling
If Christians worshiped only when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship... Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship. When we obey the command to praise God in worship, our deep,...
00790 – Worship is an Act, Not a Feeling
Feelings are great liars. If Christians only worshiped when they felt like it there would be precious little worship that went on. Feelings are important in many areas, but completely unreliable in matters of faith… We think that if we don’t FEEL something there can...
00584 – Watching, Waiting, and Hoping
Such are the two great realities of Psalm 130: suffering is real, God is real. Suffering is a mark of our existential authenticity; God is proof of our essential and external humanity. We accept suffering; we believe in God. …But there is more than a description of...
00583 – Waiting is not Resignation
The Christian’s waiting and hoping is based on the conviction that God is actively involved in his creation and vigorously at work in redemption. Waiting does not mean doing nothing. It is not fatalistic resignation. It means going about our assigned tasks, confident...