Dancing with truth and peace
Tuesday
November 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your World
“People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). We usually focus on the second truth in that sentence, but it’s healthy to remember the first: “People look at the outward appearance.” Not only in Samuel’s time, but in all the years since then, people have been looking […]
Sunday
November 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your World
Today we learned about, prayed for and wrote letters to persecuted Christians around the world. It was humbling to write a letter that will hopefully end up in the hands of one of my imprisoned brothers or sisters in Christ. We also prayed that some of their captors would be impacted by our letters. We […]
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 […]
Sunday
August 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your World
I had the honor of leading a team commissioned to research and launch a holistic ministry to the poor in our community. It took us about one meeting to begin unpeeling the layers of complexity revolving around this issue, and I often demonstrated leadership by scratching my head. A year later we launched. Another sixteen months later, I […]
