Excellent perspective and response to your Muslim friend. By its very nature, faith is reliance on the unseen and unproven. When the church acts as if the answers to life’s toughest questions are certain and scripted, it does a disservice to God, who is limitless potential!! 🙏🏼
I’m happy to see that you’re willing to go beyond canned and scripted answers, Steve. This event is from 2016 but you’re no longer at the Crenshaw center, are you?
I mean… Allah is literally the Arabic word for God. This doesn’t have to be complicated… yet so many Christians speak so confidently for the God of the universe. What else is new, I guess.
Thank you, MaryAnn for being here. The whole reason I’m really leaning into the box metaphor is just that, Western Christianity is so marked by wanting to restrict God to everything that is accepted as orthodoxy—but an infinite God is sooooo much more! Thanks for your insights, friend.
I really enjoyed this recording but the volume on the sound is quite low. I had it on full volume and it was still quite faint so that's just a heads up. Your voice is very soothing although the subject matter goes over my head a little. That's a me issue... it was very well read (unlike me!) LOL thank you
Excellent perspective and response to your Muslim friend. By its very nature, faith is reliance on the unseen and unproven. When the church acts as if the answers to life’s toughest questions are certain and scripted, it does a disservice to God, who is limitless potential!! 🙏🏼
Thank you so much for this, Korie. That’s exactly the message I’m trying to put forth and I totally agree—I don’t want to box God in.
Nice, Steve. I’m here, I’m listening. 🙏💚
Thank you, Don. That’s what you do so, so well—listen and see 😉
I’m happy to see that you’re willing to go beyond canned and scripted answers, Steve. This event is from 2016 but you’re no longer at the Crenshaw center, are you?
Thanks for the affirmation, Paul. No, I left there in 2019 but I still have some good stories to tell.
Such wise words!
Thank you so much for being here, Stan. Now if I could only be faithful in following wisdom 😉. And thanks for the restack Stan!
See my other comment, lol.
Haha!
I mean… Allah is literally the Arabic word for God. This doesn’t have to be complicated… yet so many Christians speak so confidently for the God of the universe. What else is new, I guess.
Thank you, MaryAnn for being here. The whole reason I’m really leaning into the box metaphor is just that, Western Christianity is so marked by wanting to restrict God to everything that is accepted as orthodoxy—but an infinite God is sooooo much more! Thanks for your insights, friend.
I also love that the pastor recognized your gifts, and got way more than he bargained for 😂 Go Holy Spirit!
Haha glad you brought this up. Future posts are going to illuminate that bargain more—for better or worse depending on which side you’re on 😉
I really enjoyed this recording but the volume on the sound is quite low. I had it on full volume and it was still quite faint so that's just a heads up. Your voice is very soothing although the subject matter goes over my head a little. That's a me issue... it was very well read (unlike me!) LOL thank you
Thank you for the restack, Chasey. I really appreciate it.
Thank you for being here, Chasey and thank you for the feedback. I’ll work on the technical issues for next time.