Random Thoughts, 07/20/2006

Periodically, I will have random thoughts or see stuff on the web that I’d like to share, but by themselves don’t merit a full blog post. So, I’ll gather them together into aggregated posts under the heading “Random Thoughts.” Welcome to installment #1…

The Kingdom of God
JollyBlogger has a post today about a lecture by Richard Pratt on the Kingdom of God. Not sure I follow this statement in section 3: “Jesus said that the kingdom comes when God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven.” I suppose I’ll have to download the lecture and give it a listen…

“Index of My Love for Righteousness”
There’s a great quote on “Think About These Things” from D. A. Carson about testing our faith and practice:

One of the most terrible indices of how far a people have strayed from righteousness is the degree to which they can no longer perceive their own guilt. Men and women who truly love righteousness and integrity are invariably aware when they breach it. The most holy people are the first to confess their sin with shame and contrition. The most guilty people are blissfully unaware of their corruptions and idolatries. So we must ask ourselves: where on this sort of spectrum are our churches found? Or our culture? Are we characterized by profound contrition, or by a frank inability to think that we have really done anything all that wrong?

Al Mohler on Drug Therapy
“Do we just take a pill to mask spiritual problems?” Food for thought here.

And that’s it for today’s random thoughts. Until next time…