For your life – Flee!
(Adam Papadatos Photography)
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The words of this message are as the moment a sound comes to your ears so powerful that it is as if a bomb struck, and all other sounds are silenced into a buzz; and in that moment, all you can think about is one thing, and that one thing is clear. There is a din, a clamor, a cacophony of sounds and voices vying for our ears and attention and hearts, and souls, today. But God does not yell. Although God has the most powerful voice that will ever exist, He speaks in a still small voice. Listen.
I believe God speaks in this man’s words.
“We have got to lay our lives down for the purposes of God. This is not a Sunday school picnic for the church of Jesus Christ; this is not an invitation to have continuous good times. This is a war for the souls of men.
Come out from among them. Run for your life. Because this is about your life. This is not just about an opposing viewpoint or conflicting theology; this is about your life.
The Scarlet Cord
How a prostitute can both save a city in the past and teach us how our souls are saved in the present.
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Our dear brother Paul of Burkhart not long ago wrote a letter asking that a theme of “women in ministry” be written on. As I am in graduate school and life has taken me in its undertow, over a month has passed since. I have been thinking all the while about this, though, and I thought of all the women whose ministries have deeply engraved Christ in my heart and mind. Women like Elizabeth Elliot, Kristyn Getty, Grace Driscoll, Grace Irwin (who wrote a book called Servant of Slaves), Brooke Fraser, and women only some have been graced to know, as Susan Hermes, Helen Toroian, Rachel McConnell, Lisa Rodebaugh, and Linda Sieben. I believe all of us have known women who have indelibly nurtured Christ in us.
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