The saints whose stories line the pages of Scripture could be both heroic and weak... They were all too human and subject to the ebb and flow of faith in daily life just as we are. from Driven
01720 – Saints and Their Stories
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01713 – Dropping Pocket Handkerchiefs
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a pocket handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.-----------------------Gender-neutral version: In God's holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a pocket handkerchief. These...
01406 – Set Yourselves Apart
Set yourselves apart from this corrupt generation. Be saints. You were not made to fit in. You were born to stand out.
01320 – Saints vs. Sinners
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he preferred their company. Because the sinners were honest about themselves and had no pretense, Jesus could deal with...
01278 – Surrender is Spiritual Power
Far from an act of spiritual cowardice, surrender is an act of spiritual power because it opens the heart directly to the more subtle realms of spiritual Wisdom and energy. One hands over, in the poet Dante's beautiful image, into "the love that moves the stars and...
00908 – Becoming God’s Music
Since I am coming to that holy room,Where with Thy choir of saints for evermore,I shall be made Thy music; as I comeI tune the instrument here at the door,And what I must do then, think here before. from “Hymn to God, My God,” quoted in Heirlooms
00880 – Music Leadership for Worship
Make no mistake about it: the most important musical group in the church is the congregation. Worship is for all of God’s people; the New Testament doctrine of the priesthood of all believers calls for the saints to lift up their voices (whether musically gifted or...
00858 – Unacceptable Worship
Music and liturgy can assist or express a worshiping heart, but they cannot make a non-worshiping heart into a worshiping one. The danger is that they can give a non-worshiping heart the sense of having worshiped. So the crucial factor in worship in the church is not...
00775 – Worship Dichotomy Not in Scripture
In the modern evangelical church, singing, praying, giving, and other congregational acts of worship are regarded at times as preamble to the sermon. Music, in particular, appears separate from elements of worship that seem to be more spiritual, such as praying and...
00541 – Saints Have Luster
Saints never know they’re saints. That’s why they’re saints. They are too busy talking to God to look in the mirror. The same moles and wrinkles are there but contact with the Eternal has given them a borrowed glory. Divine conversation has left a residual luster. The...