God Doesn't Want To Change The World

Most Of The Ugliness In The Human Narrative Comes From A Distorted Quest To Possess Beauty. Coveting Begins With Appreciating Blessings: Murder Begins With A Hunger For Justice. Lust Begins With A Recognition Of Beauty. Gluttony Begins When Our Enjoyment Of The Delectable Gifts Of God Starts To Consume Us. Idolatry Begins When Our Seeing A Reflection Of God In Something Beautiful Leads To Our Thinking That The Beautiful Image Bearer Is Worthy Of Worship.

The Future Of The Church Is Also About Looking Back And Looking At Where We See These Wonderful Renewals And What We Can Learn From The Early Church. I Think It Is A Really Exciting Time Where Phyllis Tickle Said Every Few Hundred Years The Church Needs A Rummage Sale Where We Can Get Rid Of Some Of The Clutter.

And Since We Are People Of Expectation, We Are So Convinced That Another World Is Coming That We Start Living As If It Were Already Here.

Let's Keep Refusing To Accept The World As It Is And Insisting On Building The World We Dream Of. Don't Let The Haters Have The Last Word.

We Can Tell The World That There Is Life After Death, But The World Really Seems To Be Wondering If There Is Life Before Death.