Underneath It

But if you do not see it to be here in the Bible, whatever I may say, or whatever authorities I may plead, I beseech you as you love your souls, reject it; and if from this pulpit you ever hear things contrary to this sacred word, remember that the Bible must be the first, and God’s minister must lie underneath it. We must not stand on the Bible to preach, but we must preach with the Bible above our heads. After all we have preached, we are well aware that the mountain of truth is higher than our eyes can —Charles…

Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Pastor Jerry Owen

Lit like a Greenhouse

That is why the Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or-if they think there is not-at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of the greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes —C.…

Posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 by Pastor Jerry Owen

Not Thinking About Religion

“The word religion is extremely rare in the New Testament or the writings of the mystics. The reason is simple. Those attitudes and practices to which we give the collective name religion are themselves concerned with religion hardly at all. To be religious is to have one’s attention fixed on God and one’s neighbor in relation to God. Therefore, almost by definition, a religious man, or a man when he is being religious, is not thinking about religion; he hasn’t the time.

—C. S. Lewis

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 by Pastor Jerry Owen