Spiritual maturity is not about working yourself into a place of greater power and control over the people and things in your life. No, it is about a greater and greater willingness to rest in the control over those people and things that your Lord has that you couldn’t have.
🧵: 40 years ago today, the most incredible television programme ever created first aired.
"Searching For Separated Families" (이산가족을 찾습니다) started as a one-off broadcast to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. But once it started they couldn't stop...
For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
Psalm 112:6-7 ESV
For those who drive:
It's late and you're tired and sleepy. What is that ONE SONG you know that'll get all that blood pumping again?
Mine is Nelly's Just A Dream
All true churches are in the middle ground—that is, in process; not perfect, but not devoid of the sanctifying work of the Spirit either. Jesus is perfecting His church, but that work is far from complete. —Roland Barnes https://t.co/PONHiThzm0
Vulnerability and Church
A little bit of vulnerability among Christians would go a long way toward giving a witness to the world about what the church is really here for.
Jesus didn’t found a gym where we can go and flex our biblical biceps in front of mirrors so everyone see how hard we’ve worked at being holy. He didn’t create a virtual spiritual reality where we can gather together with like-minded virtual reality users and talk about things of virtually little importance.
Christ founded a church, which is a little bit hospital, a little bit mental ward, and a little bit weekly reunion of sinners who’ve made a mess of their lives. It’s a place where self-proclaimed righteous people who have it all together will be bored because there’s nothing for them there. Church is for real sinners who really sin with other real sinners, for here they find the Friend of Sinners, Jesus the Christ.