A Word to the Wise
If desecration is the pervasive problem of our day, then nothing less than consecration is the answer. We have imagined ourselves to be gods and have ironically reduced ourselves to mere dust. That is a moral problem. It cannot be solved simply by “reenchanting” our world by acknowledging that nature is mysterious or that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our consumerist philosophies of life. Consecration is not a feeling or an emotional response to something; it has a distinct dogmatic, cultic, and moral shape, with all three elements standing in nonnegotiable connection to each other. … Only a renovation of the heart, redirecting it toward God, is able to [answer our plight]. And that only takes place in the context of the church, where humanity by creed, cult, and code can once again realize what being made in the image of God truly means.
Carl Trueman, The Desecration of Man
If desecration is the pervasive problem of our day, then nothing less than consecration is the answer. We have imagined ourselves to be gods and have ironically reduced ourselves to mere dust. That is a moral problem. It cannot be solved simply by “reenchanting” our world by acknowledging that nature is mysterious or that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our consumerist philosophies of life. Consecration is not a feeling or an emotional response to something; it has a distinct dogmatic, cultic, and moral shape, with all three elements standing in nonnegotiable connection to each other. … Only a renovation of the heart, redirecting it toward God, is able to [answer our plight]. And that only takes place in the context of the church, where humanity by creed, cult, and code can once again realize what being made in the image of God truly means.
Carl Trueman, The Desecration of Man
Four Things to Know This Week
1. How to Measure Your Church (Robby Gallaty, Vick Green, Baptist Press/Lifeway Research)
2. Former ‘Reluctant AMS’ Looks Forward to Serving Bivocational, Small-Church Pastors (Baptist Press)
3. 5 Ways Churches Can Connect with Single Adults After Easter (PJ Dunn, The Christian
Index)
4. The Desecration of Man, How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity (Tim Challies)
Thank you for reading. Please share it with pastors and other AMSs you believe would benefit.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
P. S. I also host the “SBCAL Podcast with Ray Gentry” each Tuesday morning.
1. How to Measure Your Church (Robby Gallaty, Vick Green, Baptist Press/Lifeway Research)
2. Former ‘Reluctant AMS’ Looks Forward to Serving Bivocational, Small-Church Pastors (Baptist Press)
3. 5 Ways Churches Can Connect with Single Adults After Easter (PJ Dunn, The Christian
Index)
4. The Desecration of Man, How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity (Tim Challies)
Thank you for reading. Please share it with pastors and other AMSs you believe would benefit.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
P. S. I also host the “SBCAL Podcast with Ray Gentry” each Tuesday morning.
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