I don't care whose toes I step on with this, but men like the one discussed in this quick clip just absolutely stir up more rage in me than I thought I was capable of, which I confess to you now.  I think Driscoll leaves several points unsaid when discussing the faults in the "prosperity gospel" however this is worth thinking on... how on earth can we be the light to the world when we are chasing the same things the world chases "in the name of Jeeee-zus" and how can we ignore so much of…

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okay, let's try a youtube vid and see if this works better. …

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Thought I'd share this to benefit everyone here.  I'm not a leader but it helped me.

I had to download the video in order to watch it, but the audio and transcript are also posted.

A Shepherd and His Unregenerate Sheep on Desiring God

Just wanted to throw out this quote from C. S. Lewis' book The Weight of Glory:

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what…

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All I have to say is that I have not been more marked by the Scriptures or more convicted of my idols and shortcomings than when I walked through this book. 

I can't begin to unpack all of it.  To more understand the depth of what I'm saying and to hear the journey (mp3's, transcripts and study guides) go to http://fm.thevillagechurch.net/sermons and start with The Angst of Waiting (12/19/2010) and then go on to Parts 1 through 11…

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Here we go.



God has finally knocked me on the head hard enough to get my attention.



I know that I've done things, said things, thought things that would make any decent person vomit. I know that I've always struggled with the idea that "God" was more than just a name to be prayed to, a name to be feared. This "God" figure seemed to be drawn up as a mixture of Santa Claus and the Bogeyman. And from encounters with "Christians," (you know the type,) I had pretty much signed… Continue