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“God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“What makes for good art?
For anything to be good, truly good, there must be love in it.
I’m not even sure I know fully what that means, but the older I get, the more I believe it. There must be love for the gift itself, love for the subject being depicted or the story being told, and love for the audience. Whether the art is sculpture, farming, teaching, lawmaking, medicine, music, or raising a child, if love is not in it - at the very heart of it - it might be skillful, marketable, or popular but I doubt it is truly good.
Nothing is what it’s supposed to be if love is not at the core.”
-Allen Levi
5. These may feel like crazy, even frightening, days to live through. But what a wonderful opportunity for God’s people to be salt and light; faithful witnesses to His timeless truths.
This article is making the rounds and generating a lot of conversation. I won’t claim to be an AI expert, but here are a few practical and pastoral observations:
The allure of speed and convenience should often be resisted, because wisdom, strength, community, and relationship with God cannot be microwaved but must be slowly cultivated.
We were blessed by the ministry of @D_B_Harrison this past Sunday at @HarvestDetroitW! Here is a link to his presentation: "Why Are You Afraid?" https://t.co/tPWOQCRo0K
@D_B_Harrison@HarvestDetroitW It was a great pleasure to have you join us, and to hear your richly Biblical presentation on a timely topic. Thank you for pouring into the hearts of our congregation. May the Lord bless you and keep you until next time!
Join us at @HarvestDetroitW this Sunday at 5pm for a special talk by @D_B_Harrison: pastor, biblical counselor, and cohost of the "Just Thinking" podcast. Darrell will process the subject of Fear through the lens of the sufficient Word of God. All are welcome!
An important and timely talk from @SlowToWrite exposing Kinism, a new/old form of partiality currently influencing many professing Christians.
https://t.co/mtU5KaMSOC
Sometimes I suspect this is from sloth, because preaching the Word takes work. But I also think it is often because they do not truly believe in the power of the Word. They really do not believe it is a sword.”
Kent Hughes
“It is a mystery to me that many evangelical ministers say they believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures, but when they preach there is no serious attempt to open them, but rather a chain of illustrations to support a life-situation story with an allegedly Scriptural moral.
“It doesn’t matter what leadership abilities a pastor possesses, the size of the church he pastors, or the breadth of his ministry platform. If he’s not shepherding himself and his people to look more like Jesus, he’s not leading well.”
-Pace & Shaddix, “Expositional Leadership”