The danger for all of us is that we will think we are better, more spiritual, and know more than others. Some Christians have such a high opinion of themselves that they think God is quite fortunate to have them. That would be of no important except that others, also because of a false self-image, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christians’
The Danger for All of Us
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Grace, Christians, Self-image on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Humility Is Not and What Humility Is
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, God, Humility, Inferiority Complex on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Humility is not dishonesty. It does not baptize your inferiority complex, turning into a Christian asset. Neither does humility deny God’s grace in your life. Humility is simply knowing who you are and feeling comfortable with it. Humility is never lying to yourself about your gifts, the knowledge you have acquired, or the value God has [...]
Where Did They Get That Idea Anyway?
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, Christ's Crucifixion, God's Purpose on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have never understood how Christians who claim to follow the One who ended up hanging spread-eagle on the town garbage heap between two thieves could ever come up with the crazy idea that life is easy, that we won’t suffer, and that God’s primary purpose in the world is to make us happy and [...]
The Weenies Aren’t the Dangerous Ones
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, Jesus as Lord on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weenies aren’t dangerous. They are irrelevant. But those Christians who have discovered they don’t have anything to protect and nothing to lose, who have learned that Jesus is Lord and that it doesn’t matter what others think about them or do to them – they are dangerous…really dangerous.
- Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom: The [...]
The Gospel Is God’s Gift to Us
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, God, Good News, Gospel on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The gospel (“good news”) is God’s gift to us – and yet somehow, in our efforts to be more than we can be, even when our motives were right, we have lost our way. We have become obsessive, bound, angry, and neurotic Christians.
- Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom: The Radical Nature of the Gospel, copyright [...]
Do You Worhship a God Who Never Existed?
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, Worship on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you worship a little god of your own creation or a god who always says yes to your prayers, always blesses your agenda, and always makes you healthy, wealthy and wise, then you have a serious problem. Throngs of Christians live with discouragement, bitterness and anger simply because they worship a god who never [...]
Freedom Scare Religious People to Death
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christians, Freedom, Religious People, Righteous on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Freedom scares religious folks to death because a lot of ego goes into being right and “righteous.” If we aren’t right and good, how do we differ from those other Christians who also got it wrong?
- Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom: The Radical Nature of the Gospel, copyright 2004, Howard Books, page 20
World Evangelism Should Never Be Thought of as a Hobby
Posted in Haggai, Dr. John E, tagged Benjamin Moraes, Christians, Evangelism, Helen Kim, John Bolten, Mission Field, Thomas F. Staley on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christians should not regard world evangelism as a hobby but as an all-consuming priority. There are many ways to carry it out. Evangelism does not just mean being a missionary or pastor. Korean educator Helen Kim, Wall Street investment banker Thomas F. Staley, German American industrialist John Bolten, leading Brazilian jurist Benjamin Moraes – all [...]
I am Concerned for the Poor but More for You
Posted in M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, tagged Christians, Eternity, Giving, Poor on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am concerned for the poor but more for you. I know not what Christ will say to you in the great day… I fear there are many hearing me who may know well that they are not Christians because they do not love to give. To give largely and liberally, not grudgingly at all, [...]
How the Gospel of Grace is Brutally Devaluated
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Christians, Gospel, Grace, Truth, World on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The gospel of grace is brutally devalued when Christians maintain that the transcendent God can only be properly honored and respected by denying the goodness and truth and the beauty of the things of this world.
- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, copyright 1990, 2000, page 99
