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The Sheep and the Goats

>> Friday, January 30, 2009

One of my heroes in life is Keith Green. His fiery passion for God, his authentic love for others, his incredible gift of music, his poetic words... he has inspired me since I first surrendered my life to God's leadership so many years ago. Even today, when I'm feeling spiritually dry or emotionally worn out, Keith's music has a way of filling up my soul and refocusing my vision.

This Sunday at Hope, as we continue our discovery of The Art of Compassion, we'll take a look at a powerful and startling story that Jesus told in Matthew 25:31-46. And as I've worked on this message throughout the week, the song of Keith Green keeps stirring in my mind. I hear his incredible skill on the piano. I hear the urgency of his voice. And I keep being drawn back to the very simple, powerful, and compelling point of Jesus' story. I just wish Keith were with us in person to share the song...

2 comments:

Kim February 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM: Baaa Baaa
Unknown February 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM: Michelle and I just watched the video - thanks for sharing (she now got the sermon) :-)

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"Real theological thinking, which is thinking with the mind of Christ, is hard to find in the practice of ministry. Without solid theological reflection, future leaders will be little more than pseudo-psychologists, pseudo-sociologists, pseudo-social workers. They will think of themselves as enablers, facilitators, role models, father or mother figures, big brothers or big sisters, and so on, and thus join the countless men and women who make a living by trying to help their fellow human beings to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday living.

"But that has little to do with Christian leadership because the Christian leader thinks, speaks, and acts in the name of Jesus, who came to free humanity from the power of death and open the way to eternal life. To be such a leader it is essential to be able to discern from moment to moment how God acts in human history and how personal, communal, national, and international events that occur during our lives can make us more and more sensitive to the ways in which we are led to the cross and through the cross to the resurrection."

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: Crossroad, 1998) pp. 65-67

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