When they heard "this"

Great time this morning with staff and interns on a mark of a healthy church as found in Acts 2: spirit-empowered gospel preaching. "When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”Acts 2:37. What does "this" refer to? Peter's spirit-empowered gospel message. The message cut through to the heart. What else can do this!!!

On the same day, I see this video on the power of God's Word. You've got to see THIS!

The Meek shall inherit...

You may despise PBS. You may never have been a fan of Fred Rogers, a.k.a. "Mister Rogers." But this clip of him testifying at a Senate hearing in 1969 demonstrates passion and more; perhaps we see why Jesus said the meek will inherit the earth. Strength and passion come in different models. God led 2M+ through the leadership of the meekest man. "Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth" (Numbers 2.3 ESV).

Who is our God?

This is something I wish I'd said:

It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews. For the sleeping God may wake someday ... (Annie Dillard in Teaching a Stone to Talk)


Renew our vision of the true and living God:


....the still small voice (1 Ki 19:12)
... Presence that melts the mountains like wax (Ps 97.5)
... a God who is jealous (Deu 4.24)
... His voice splits the cedars (Ps 29.5)
... the One who makes the clouds His chariot (Ps 104.3)
... the One whose eyes are blazing fire and on His head many crowns (Rev 19:12)


This is our God.