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I'm a Minister of Music and Worship in a Baptist church with BOTH cutting edge (for where we live) contemporary and full-on traditional worship services struggling to build bridges and strengthen community among and between our worship congregations.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

The All-sufficiency of Jesus - from a different angle

If we are not convinced God has given us enough, we will have an incessant need for others to affirm us. We will want others to give us praise, we will crave money, and we will wish to be viewed as the best, the most talented, and the most likely to succeed. Most people never get far beyond their accolades in the high school yearbook. Why? Because they look for what others have to offer to make them feel significant instead of finding their identity in Christ. However, to receive from others, we have to prove ourselves and dance to their dance. To be in a position to receive from God, we accept all he has done, just as we are.

~ Bob Roberts, Jr., TRANSFORMATION:
How Glocal Chuches Transform
Lives and the World,
(pp. 82-83).

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Bob Roberts, Jr. on Relevance

People are not turned off by Jesus Christ. They are turned off by us! They do not see the peace, hope, and integrity that they see in Jesus of Nazareth. Instead, they see hypocrites and religious bullies ...
~ Bob Roberts Jr. Transformation: How Glocal Churches
Transform Lives and the World.