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A lament for the American Church
From Soong-Chan Tah’s book, Prophetic Lament
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The hardest prayer
Sometimes the only thing to pray is, “Lord, break me.” It is incredibly hard. It grates against our pride and ego and sense of “victorious living”, etc. But this may be the best prayer. And as a result, our lack of willingness to pray it is probably what holds back genuine outpouring of the Spirit. Too often the temptation is…
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2015.09.20 – Introduction to Multiply
“2015.09.20 – Introduction to Multiply” – A sermon from Heights Church Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes
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The lack of lament
I am beginning a book by Soong-Chan Rah called Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. It is a series by IVP that does biblical commentary within the application of current cultural commentary. This one is on Lamentations. His claim is we have no songs of lament in our American Christian culture. We are about victory and triumph.…
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The ministry to which we are called
“2015.09.13 – The ministry to which we are called” – A sermon from Heights Church Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes
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The essence of revival: raise the dead
He thought he came to preach a nice sermon, collect a small check, have a nice lunch, and then go home. He didn’t know the assignment that day was “raise the dead.”
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We look to accuse
Our tendency too often is to look to accuse. When bitterness sets into my life, I look to the problem of something rather than what GOOD is there. I gain a critical spirit. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. (Mark…
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The new journey we begin
I can beat myself up over past failures to pray and press in. But the Spirit presses me on!
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The ability to ACT
Lynne Hybels has an excellent piece in The Washington Post about responding to the migrant crisis in Europe. There are several agencies you could donate to as well as action in prayer and action in going. Friends, there are things TO DO. A call to some action is necessary. We need to see the need, the crisis, and be able to respond…
