I was teaching last night at the Lenten Soup Supper and I used this story from the news as an analogy for the Christian experience:
On August 27, 2009, law enforcement officers rescued Jaycee Dugard and her two children from captivity in which she had been living for 18 years. Jaycee, a blond blue-eyed eleven year-old [...]
Today we enter the Holy Season of Lent. It is a time of self-examination, reflection, sober assessment, repentence and renewal. I pray that this Lenten season will be blessed by God, and that our commitment to being apprentices of Jesus will be strengthened and deepened in our lives.
Here is the schedule of Lenten activities:
Today 6:00pm [...]
In order to live as an apprentice of Jesus we need to be trained. The ancient word for this training is ‘ascesis’. This training, or ascesis, is absolutely necessary if we are to live in some other way than what is “just natural.” In other words, without deliberate effort to change direction (which is the [...]
Another quote from Dr. Willard:
“Thus God permits there to be a world such as we live in, where the wills of human beings are often set on what is evil, wrong, or foolish and where even good and wise inclinations are frequently defeated by other components of the persons involved: the “sin in our members,” [...]
Sorry about the delay in posting. We have had computer problems at our house, but they now seem to be worked out. I will get back to blogging tomorrow.
David
