I recently attended the Passion conference in Atlanta, which was an incredible experience. For those of you who don’t know what Passion is I will explain. Passion is this huge gathering of people 18 to 25 years old. There is a lot of awesome worship and preaching, and it’s designed to ignite my generation to change the world. I have attended three times now, and it is special each year. For this article I want to discuss an idea that was presented by John Piper in the introduction to his message. I must confess this idea made me think so much that I had to go back and re-watch the rest of his talk because I was not paying any attention. Continue reading “Are We Saying Beautiful and True Things About God in Ways That Make Him Angry?”
The Presence of God
The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” Continue reading “The Presence of God”
Manna on the Ground
Exodus 32:1-6
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. (ESV) Continue reading “Manna on the Ground”
Why me?
Why me? Have you ever found yourself asking this question? What I mean is, have you ever found yourself questioning your qualifications for a role for which you’ve been chosen? Why would someone pick me to take up a certain job, what qualifications do I have that would say, “Hey, I’m the perfect man for (insert random task here).” Continue reading “Why me?”