Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world more than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the...
Today if you have... ...plenty of water to drink and food to eat. ...a roof over your head. ...a bed to sleep in. ...facilities to shower or bathe. ...a private indoor toilet. ...a job to go to or a school to attend. ...no bombs, shooting, or shelling within earshot....
The American flag has been used like the image of the alabaster Jesus, a term coined by cultural critic James Baldwin. Jesus wasn’t born American, Christian or with pale pigmentation. White Jesus and the American flag started showing up in places of worship after the...
Right now, there are people literally considering leaving their homes to gather with others for worship, wondering: -If I go, can I stand or sit in that area of the sanctuary where we sat together for 18 years before his passing without sobbing so loud I'll distract...
People who know God well—mystics, hermits, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator. God is never found as an abusive father or a tyrannical mother; God is always a lover greater than we dared hope for. How different from the “account...
Gathering with other believers to worship remains one of the most significant things we do, because it’s our way of imitating heaven. Worship is the business, the lifeblood, the heartbeat of heaven. Spirit-led worship here and now gives us a taste of heaven unlike...
Salvation in Jesus’ name is treated as a cure all. Supposedly, there is no suffering once we join the church, and if there is any cause for discomfort, then we vote the pastor out at the next business meeting. Ironically, we worship Jesus, who showed his wounds, but...
Dear Christians who feel the need to talk about singleness as if it is a sin and to bully single people— as if they are somehow defective and deficient unless another human being is standing next to them. Jesus was single, childless and homeless and you follow him,...
The one who has truly worshiped will have a sense of peace and a confident expectation of what God is about to do. True worship produces a transformed life, reflecting the One who has been worshiped. from Experiencing God, Day by Day
Passive worship assumes that worship is something that somebody else does to you or for you. But active worship, which grows out of our response to divine action, breaks through the barriers of passive worship and returns worship to the people. from Worship Is a Verb:...