... , and our whole mind/body/spirit can't help jumping up to dance. Just as David leapt and danced with joy before the Lord, we too must move when the joy of the Lord overflows every cell in our body. So why are some of us so sedentary? Chris Hughes reminds us that the Bible talks about "acts of worship," not "sits of worship" or even "stands of worship." How can a Christian sit still or sit-out the dance of joy that Christ calls us to join? Jesus implored his disciples to hear the music. He taught them ...
... get rich. For some vision has resulted in untold riches. The vision of the Carnegies and Vanderbilts. The vision of a Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Sam Walton. The vision of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and Paul Allen. But for others the vision thing hasn't worked out ... the driver-side door, but it was too crushed to open. Suddenly Dennis Kinsey stood by his side. A waiter at Ruth Chris' Steakhouse in Portland, Kinsey also was driving home from work. The two of them together started working on the back door. The ...
... word.” Can we, in our dark, make that sort of trustful commitment? Here is a radical story. On a May day in 1555, Bishop Hugh Latimer, soon to burn at the stake for his Christian convictions, composed an open letter that he entitled. “to all unfeigned lovers of God’s ... persecution. And let us consider all the dear friends of God, how they have gone after the example of our Saviour, Jesus Chris, whose footsteps let us also follow, even to the gallows if God will be so, not doubting but as He rose again ...
