When You Are Part Of A Megachurch

If We Don't Understand How Metaphor Works We Will Misunderstand Most Of What We Read In The Bible. No Matter How Carefully We Parse Our Hebrew And Greek Sentences, No Matter How Precisely We Use Our Dictionaries And Trace Our Etymologies, No Matter How Exactly We Define The Words On The Page, If We Do Not Appreciate The Way A Metaphor Works We Will Never Comprehend The Meaning Of The Text.

The Silence That Makes It Possible To Hear God Speak Also Makes It Possible For Us To Hear The World's Words For What They Really Are - Tinny And Unconvincing Lies.

The Task Of The Prophet Is Not To Smooth Things Over But To Make Things Right.

My Job Is Not To Solve People's Problems Or Make Them Happy, But To Help Them See The Grace Operating In Their Lives.

The Life Of Faith Is A Daily Exploration Of The Constant And Countless Ways In Which Gods Grace And Love Are Expereinced