tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post2647449934437754801..comments2023-06-01T10:52:44.280-04:00Comments on The Gospel-Driven Church: The Stealth Prosperity Gospel and Spiritual GreedJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454966527986478217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-85249812829552212462010-08-26T16:43:58.134-04:002010-08-26T16:43:58.134-04:00David, thank you for writing.
I agree with you. I...David, thank you for writing.<br /><br />I agree with you. I think wakefulness is born of brokenness. This is the major premise of my current book in progress because I think it is crucial to whole-life worship.<br /><br />I am grateful for your exemplary witness, brother.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454966527986478217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-75264355636856189012010-08-26T15:34:06.725-04:002010-08-26T15:34:06.725-04:00Thanks for this Jared. This is great and brilliant...Thanks for this Jared. This is great and brilliant stuff and I agree wholeheartedly. I have come lately to believe that there is a sense in which contentment is the ground of pretty much everything else in the Christian life. If you are not content with who God made you to be, where He placed you on earth, and especially all that Christ is for you, then all other spirituality seems to me to be nothing vain striving after something. <br />Sadly though, I can preach this and say a loud amen to every word you have written here but I don't think I began to embrace all of this until I entered into my recent time of trouble. So I wonder if maybe real experiential contentment is forged in the furnace of loss and suffering. There is something to that old cheesy cliche that when you find that God is all you have, you'll find that God is all you need. <br />Anyway, thanks for encouraging us all with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-31369271745461128352010-08-26T06:33:55.155-04:002010-08-26T06:33:55.155-04:00Yes! This post names exactly what I've often ...Yes! This post names exactly what I've often wondered about but never could quite put my finger on or explain: the undercurrent of discontent even in the midst of their shows of jubilation among many believers. And it's important to recognize, as you do, that this kind of preaching is widespread, not just among the easily dismissed TBN crowd.Bob Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400471363764020869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-10209954489450631322010-08-24T19:56:24.864-04:002010-08-24T19:56:24.864-04:00I was born anti-materialistic. It is genetic. Bu...I was born anti-materialistic. It is genetic. But I was fortunate to have a sister who let me borrow all of her clothes. She would shop for both of us!Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874835897130067068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-45434849778609641032010-08-24T12:00:21.500-04:002010-08-24T12:00:21.500-04:00I think contentment, goes back to what was demonst...I think contentment, goes back to what was demonstrated by Job. <br />Regardless of the circumstances, I bless and trust in God. <br />When we add the wonderful life we have in Christ, do we have any situation where we can say that our will is better than His for our life?Rob and Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219340752387357124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-78030490096851030962010-08-23T20:05:36.726-04:002010-08-23T20:05:36.726-04:00If you haven't already, check out The Rare Jew...If you haven't already, check out The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Burroughs. some great stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com