Imaging God is not a Broken Record

Thank goodness God is not a broken record. Although God is unchanging, it doesn't mean that God becomes a stale mundane repetitive God. No, God is far from "old hat" from the human finite point of view. He wants to teach us each day. If God didn't want to teach us a certain day, it would certainly be a waste that day. His voice constantly rejuvenates the soul. His word provides us our daily bread. Each day God desires to make a profound impact and deep impression upon human clay.

The Planter plants and the Gardener tills our hearts. New fruit is produced and picked, and the leaves are pruned. The field of crops of our lives burst open and overflow into the hearts that surround us.

We are to image the Potter, for we are His clay. We are to image our Farmer, for in us He has planted His fruit bearing seed. We are to bear the image of the invisible God to a world that does not know God. We are to testify by our lives the glorious news of the resurrected Messiah. We are not be unimaginative stale broken records witnessing a God that is outmoded. God is not old and boring. God has not gone out of fashion. We need God more than ever before. Don't image a broken record today, rather, image God.

Superb Evangelism Advice

My friend of many years posted great insight in his blog. I don't know why, maybe it's because it's directly up the alley of what I've currently been poking around at, but it definitely speaks. Check it out below.

http://everlastingworth.blogspot.com/
Feb. 7th, "Heart of a Farmer"

Below is my comment to Drew's post:
This would be a great sermon. I have never thought of using 1 Cor 3 in this manner, but you are absolutely correct, and my heart leaps from within testifying that you have correctly handled the Word of God. Linking evangelism to an idea of listening to seeing what a human/plant/seed currently needs at that particular time is very insightful and a brilliant theological pull out from this passage. We all are to do our part, however, we must be finely tuned into God to hear if he has called us now to plant, water, till soil, pull weeds, add fertilizer, reap harvest, etc.

Thirsty?

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Ben Stein's Movie

Because I feel compelled to because of my undergrad degree. I must throw this in here. He raises the issue and articulates it in a way that I can learn from in approaching this topic. Enjoy!!!

Revisiting Intelligent Design, and talking about it intelligently!! Finally someone well-known can help build better dialogue between two sides that hate each others guts. Feel free to comment!!

Jonah Video

Often times we think the Christian life is about the Nike slogan, "just do it." In actuality the Christian life is about not being able to do it, but rather letting Christ do it through you. Getting burned out, bummed out, and flat out disgusted with yourself with your half-hearted repentance would send anyone into a talespin and dump their faith. Experience the joy once again today in knowing that it's not about us "doing it," it's rather about Jesus saying, "it's done." I pray that you know the mercy of God, and that it's His grace that sustains you. Because of Christian experience the empowering presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we can repent a little bit more sincere today than we did yesterday. It's not about is "doing anything," it's about God "doing everything" through us. Cry out to God for mercy and brokenness, so that by His strength you may start to understand what true authentic repentance is all about.