Dancing with truth and peace
Thursday
December 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
I really like playing strategy games (Settlers and Ticket to Ride are my favorites). My wife likes to play too, but her tolerance is rather low for players taking too long on their turn. She’s been known to say, after I took too long for a move, “Well, there’s ten minutes of my life that […]
Monday
October 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
Psalm 106:20-21 mocks the Israelites for worshipping a ridiculous false god. “They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.” I love that the Psalmist includes that last phrase. He is mocking their idol, as if to say, “How awesome can a god be, if it eats grass all day?” It […]
Friday
October 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
Idolatry usually does not happen overnight. It’s a process. David Platt recently listed three steps that people take when they make sports their god. These steps can be applied to any false god: It Captivates. It grabs our attention. We think, “Oh, that is cool/neat/tasty.” It Consumes. The false god consumes our imagination, thoughts and […]
Saturday
July 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
Daniel is probably my favorite non-God Bible character in all the Bible. Enslaved to serve a wicked king in a foreign land, threatened by plotting men, and once tossed into a den of hungry lions, Daniel’s calm, wisdom, skill and devotion direct people’s eyes straight to God. My family just finished reading through Daniel, and […]
Monday
June 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself, Your Church
Most of us desire closeness with God. We’ve seen it in others. We see their joy. We see their peace. But sometimes we just don’t feel all that close to God. And sometimes we do not even seem to be making any progress towards closeness. I have often heard people ask me why this is. […]
