14 Thoughts

Here are 14 random thoughts. I trust you will find some of them edifying. Others, well, interesting at the very least.

1. “You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.” ~ Chesterton
2. “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” ~ Japanese Proverb
3. The life of many American Christians today is a chosen story; not a story of God’s chosen.
4. If you wish to be a rock star in the Christian world, do not challenge the conventional wisdom.
5. Anglican Jeremy Thomson in ‘Preaching as Dialogue: Is the Sermon a Sacred Cow?’ (Grove, 1996) shows difference between sermonizing & preaching.
6. “Is it to something that I am devoted, or is it to secure for the Lord Jesus Christ His absolute centrality and supremacy?” ~ Austin-Sparks
7. Played bocce ball yesterday and found myself quoting Johnny Mac several times – “You cannot be serious!”
8. Jesus Christ is All – everything else is commentary.
9. It takes the Holy Spirit to reveal Christ to someone. We can proclaim, but He must unveil.
10. Many thanks to Dave Travis & Leadership Network for the invitation to participate in the Aha! Conference yesterday. You all did a great job!
11. A revelation of Jesus Christ will always lead to a revelation of His Church because the Head and the Body are one. Ephesians 1:17-23.
12. “Every knee shall bow at Your throne in worship; You will be exalted oh God, and You’re kingdom shall not pass away, oh Ancient of Days.”
13. Rick Warren Tweet. Rick says: Never automatically believe reports on the Internet. “Any story sounds true until someone sets the record straight.” Proverbs 18:17
14. Life is short. Make every day count.