That Which Is Denied Cannot

Our Culture Says That Ruthless Competition Is The Key To Success. Jesus Says That Ruthless Compassion Is The Purpose Of Our Journey.

The Gospel Will Persuade No One Unless It Has So Convicted Us That We Are Transformed By It.

Charles De Foucauld, The Found Of The Little Brothers Of Jesus, Wrote A Single Sentence That's Ahad A Profound Impact On My Life. He Said, "the One Thing We Owe Absolutely To God Is Never To Be Afraid Of Anything." Never To Be Afraid Of Anything, Even Death, Which, After All, Is But That Final Breakthrough Into The Open, Waiting, Outstretched Arms Of Abba.

Put Bluntly, The American Church Today Accepts Grace In Theory But Denies It In Practice. We Say We Believe That The Fundamental Structure Of Reality Is Grace, Not Works - But Our Lives Refute Our Faith.

We Must Be Ready To Allow Ourselves To Be Interrupted By God... It Is A Strange Fact That Christians And Even Ministers Frequently Consider Their Work So Important And Urgent That They Will Allow Nothing To Disturb Them. They Think They Are Doing God A Service In This But Actually They Are Disdaining God's "crooked But Straight Path". It Is Part Of The Discipline Of Humility That We Must Not Spare Our Hand Where It Can Perform Service And That We Do Not Assume That Our Schedule Is Our Own To Manage, But Allow It To Be Arranged By God.