Mankind has a habit.
Mankind has had this habit ever since the Fall.
This habit never fails to cause destruction when indulged, whether out of simple-mindedness, selfishness, or an overreaching attempt to grasp wisdom.
What is this habit? It is corrupting that which is naturally found.
Just last night, I heard about an incident that happened this past Friday. I didn’t know anything about it, so I decided to look it up. I found a disturbing video, one that reveals a complex, multi-faceted social problem.
What was this incident? It revolved around a pool party in a well-to-do neighborhood in McKinney, TX. A neighbor called the police to report that there was a disturbance, so the police came to put a stop to said disturbance.
What happened when they got there is telling, to say the least.
Have you ever spoken about God “showing up” in your church service? Did you stop and wonder how that makes sense, if we indeed believe that God is omnipresent? Is there a difference between the idea of Him being present and Him “entering” or “coming into” a physical place at a particular date and time?
These are questions that some may have never asked, while others have probably asked them ever since they became conscious of the two ideas.
I believe that this article I found on the Worshipfuel blog will go a long way in giving you a direction for your thoughts, if not alleviating your concerns. But before you read it, please take some time to work through where you stand. Then return to your position after reading and see what changes to your understanding may be necessary. After all, our hearts and minds must be influenced by the Scriptures, not the other way around.
A song came to my mind today. It was on an album one of my brothers used to have. It’s by an artist named Ian Eskelin, and you can find it on his album Save The Humans. If you haven’t listened to it before, you should track it down and give it some of your time. It’s a fantastic album, full of biblical themes packed into an entertaining rock package.
But most of all, this particular song stuck out to me. It speaks to the raging fires of political correctness that have consumed many of our freedoms and much of our courage today, often weaponized to divide and conquer.
C.S. Lewis is one of my all-time favourite authors (see what I did there?). I’ve read many of his most famous works but not all of them — The Four Loves is one of those on my to-read list. Most of his works that I have read are full books, but I have read a few of his individual articles. This article was referenced in a recent discussion on LinkedIn concerning how to work with the musicians in a worship team. “On Church Music” is a bit broader than was our discussion, but it still has information that is relevant to today’s worship philosophy.
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