I’d like to point you to a couple of things that have popped up in the blogosphere…
Firstly over on Photizo is an incredibly challenging post on our continual betrayal of Jesus:
“I mean don’t you hate Judas? Don’t you want to punch him? “You betray Him, the Son of God with a kiss!? You scumbag Judas, you son of Satan, if your heart was so against Jesus why not point to Him, or say “He’s that one there”…. But no, you kissed Him!”
Firstly over on Photizo is an incredibly challenging post on our continual betrayal of Jesus:
“I mean don’t you hate Judas? Don’t you want to punch him? “You betray Him, the Son of God with a kiss!? You scumbag Judas, you son of Satan, if your heart was so against Jesus why not point to Him, or say “He’s that one there”…. But no, you kissed Him!”
Yet every sin we commit is just as horrific as that, if not worse. Judas sinned with a kiss. Our sin is equivalent to prostituting ourselves out to another, proclaiming that Christ, the Husband of the Church, isn’t enough for us.(Isaiah 1: 21/Jeremiah 2: 20)
Jesus displayed grace the measure of which you or I will spend eternity being amazed by His grace in letting them lead Him like a Lamb to the slaughter. That same grace and infinitely more beside it is given to us each day.”
One of the books that we have to read before we start the Relay scheme with UCCF is “The Discipline of Grace” by Jerry Bridges. One of the phrases and ideas used in that is the idea of preaching the gospel to ourselves. There is a really encouraging and helpful interview over on C.J. Mahaney’s blog between C.J. and Jerry – really worth listening to here (although for those of you who have no interest in American Football you can probably stop listening for the last 5 minutes or so!)
Click here to listen.
I’m currently in the process of writing a talk for a lunchbar at Northumbria University for next Monday. The topic is “Is Jesus the Only Way to God?” I’d appreciate prayer as I got about that – I currently don’t particularly like what I’ve written, but time is also rapidly running out.
God bless.
Dear Freedom
UPDATE: The talk went well. There were very few people there - good for my pride and desire to "preach to the masses" - but those who did turn up responded well. We ended up sitting round a table and me doing the talk on a bar stool, which felt slightly weird! I don't write full transcripts and so don't have anything easily postable, but I will maybe put my notes up for people to look at.
One of the books that we have to read before we start the Relay scheme with UCCF is “The Discipline of Grace” by Jerry Bridges. One of the phrases and ideas used in that is the idea of preaching the gospel to ourselves. There is a really encouraging and helpful interview over on C.J. Mahaney’s blog between C.J. and Jerry – really worth listening to here (although for those of you who have no interest in American Football you can probably stop listening for the last 5 minutes or so!)
Click here to listen.
I’m currently in the process of writing a talk for a lunchbar at Northumbria University for next Monday. The topic is “Is Jesus the Only Way to God?” I’d appreciate prayer as I got about that – I currently don’t particularly like what I’ve written, but time is also rapidly running out.
God bless.
Dear Freedom
UPDATE: The talk went well. There were very few people there - good for my pride and desire to "preach to the masses" - but those who did turn up responded well. We ended up sitting round a table and me doing the talk on a bar stool, which felt slightly weird! I don't write full transcripts and so don't have anything easily postable, but I will maybe put my notes up for people to look at.
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How did the talk go? Could I see the manuscript if you have one? (Not to critique but to learn from!)
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