The Radical Pursuit of Rest: Escaping the Productivity Trap John Koessler Intervarsity Press 2016 176 Pages ISBN 978-0-8308-4444-9 Bill Hybels, senior pastor of… Read More »Book Review on The Radical Pursuit of Rest (John Koessler)
No Health and Wealth
Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School. She studies something called “the prosperity gospel movement.” That’s the movement so popular in America and elsewhere that says “God wants you to succeed,” and “If you have enough faith, you’ll be always be happy and healthy,” and “If you follow God nothing will ever go wrong,” And then Kate got cancer.
Well, it doesn’t take the thoughtful person long to realize the problem with the prosperity gospel. Just think about the people here at Highland. We have lots of genuine, authentic, sincere followers of God here. Yet they have cancer. They have unemployment. They have depression. They know if you follow God things still can go wrong.
Thankfully, the Bible’s pretty honest about this. Psalm 46 is one of those honest places. Following God is no guarantee that life will be sunshine and roses. No. The authors, “the sons of Korah”–temple keepers and temple singers during the time of David and Solomon–describe the world realistically.Read More »Idle: Be Still (Ps. 46) Chris Altrock – March 13, 2016
Take my yoke upon you,..and you will find rest for your souls. (Matt. 11:29 ESV) To understand what it means to “take my yoke upon… Read More »Walking the Turtle and Finding Rest
When Normal is Abnormal
I played football in high school–running back. I know, based on my impressive size, that’s probably not surprising. My twin brother, whose body is a mirror of mine, was a lineman. Needless to say, we two puny players didn’t strike a lot of fear in the hearts of our opponents.
One of my strongest memories of football is how hard practices were. Our coaches believed in running hard. If one player did anything wrong in practice, the entire team was called to the goal line and we had to run sprints. If, while running sprints, the coaches deemed that a player was not running all out, the entire team had to run more sprints.
And to make matters worse, while our coaches did believe in running they didn’t believe in rehydration. No drinking of water was allowed at practices. If you had to drink water something was wrong with you.Read More »Idle: The Greatest Gift You May Have Never Received (Matt. 11:28-30) Chris Altrock – February 21, 2016