This is a good read. Just to give you a taste:
“We set criteria for Christian living that we like because it’s easy to meet, and then we go out and judge everyone by our criteria.” Hannah said this while telling us of a godly friend of his who, on his deathbed, said he didn’t consider himself a very good Christian because he couldn’t memorize Scripture. “But he could pray!” Hannah taught me to take special care in pouring the mold for what makes a great Christian—is this after my shape or God’s? Sometimes our “essentials,” even as we cite biblical chapter and verse, make our people anxious, discouraged, or even distracted. As I heard John Ortberg put it recently, “A young mom with small children listens in church to a middle-age man extol the virtues of getting up early in the morning to meet with God. But she needs the sleep! Why are we killing our people these ways?”
“Our goal in life is not to explain God but to fall down and worship Him.” I couldn’t have said that better myself. When I think of John Hannah in particular, I’m drawn to want more of God; the best thing that can be said of any teacher.
Very thought provoking.
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Who said it??
The text is from my pastor's blog. There's a hyperlink at the beginning of the entry. He was talking about his teacher (John Hannah) that he had at seminary.
aah, i see. i didn't even notice the hyperlink. just thought you were being colorful.
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