Piety = clever way to avoid God’s life

I’ve been listening to sermons from the web on Luke 14. It’s Jesus at a banquet. He heals on the Sabbath, He teaches about refusing the seats of honour, He calls us to invite the poor, crippled, lame and blind to dinner and He speaks of the kingdom as a great feast. Wonderful stuff.

But do you know, in all the sermons I’ve listened to from the web, what’s been the number one application of Luke 14?? Quiet times! From both UK and US pastors, the predominant take-home message was ‘make sure you get alone with God every day.’ I’m not going to name names but I listened to some big hitters. And they preached on the feast. The feast where Jesus tells us to throw feasts and then speaks of the kingdom as a feast. And what’s their conclusion: ‘We need to get on our own more!’

??!

Read the whole awesome (and more restrained that I would be) thing: Quiet Times [Thawed out Thursdays] « Christ the Truth.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *