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Greg Johnson retweeted
What you get out of sermons isn’t just up to your pastor. It’s also up to you.
Pride: “I know this already.”
Humility: “I need this again.”
Don’t be a prideful listener.
Greg Johnson retweeted
“When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.” - C.S. Lewis
Greg Johnson retweeted
The tragedy of humanity is that we strive for and fail to find what we could simply receive and enjoy.
Greg Johnson retweeted
When we hold onto anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness, we do the devil’s work for him.
But when we let God help us trade anger for kindness, resentment for compassion and bitterness for gentleness... it splits this cold world wide open with the warmth of Jesus.
Greg Johnson retweeted
Summing Nietzsche: Not truth but power matters, and power goes to those whose followers feel the most ressentiment. If you are part of the outrage machine, you are a pawn.
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Greg Johnson retweeted
Christmas: Christ with us.
Good Friday: Christ for us.
Easter: Christ before us.
Ascension: Christ over us.
Pentecost: Christ in us.
- Chris Regas
Greg Johnson retweeted
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal
Greg Johnson retweeted
There's nothing about Jesus' teaching that suggests there exists a class of "Christian" that is not a disciple.
You are either endeavoring to love your enemies, or you're adding to the noise.
Greg Johnson retweeted
When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.
Greg Johnson retweeted
The almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than lie and stare and wriggle and make noises needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk-It meant love to the uttermost for unlovely human beings, that they through his poverty-become rich. JIPacker
Greg Johnson retweeted
What greater value could you possibly have than to be delighted in and sacrificed for by the Maker of the universe?
Greg Johnson retweeted
Okay... I'm going to sound like real-life @ChrchCurmudgeon here, but here goes...
If you are a church musician, and you honestly want to "lead people in worship" through music, you may want to do the following:
1) Pick a singable key for the median person who doesn't sing all the time. Don't pick a key to highlight your voice.
2) Lower the volume so people can hear the voices of those around them, and themselves.
3) Let people sing the melodies that are familiar to them. While you may want to jazz up or do the latest CCM twist of "Hark the Herald" or "Silent Night"--people can't follow you. They just want to sing the song.
Picking keys to highlight your voice; playing at concert volume; doing creative rearrangements to make the familiar suddenly unfamiliar... all discourage us from singing.
There's NOTHING wrong with highlighting your voice, or playing at concert volume, or doing creative rearrangements of songs... if you are a performer.
Book a gig somewhere! Play out! Be great! Build a following! But please, when we all get together and sing, don't put up barriers to stop us.
