Sorry about not posting,,,

So sorry about not posting...be back soon!

Robert Capon

I just finished reading Robert Capon's book, "The Mystery of Christ(and how we don't get it)". I was so intrigued be it that I read it twice, before returning it to my buddy, A.J. The format of the book is in the odd numbered chapters, Robert uses dialogue form a counselling session or conversation and then in the even numbered chapters, he discusses it with a group of people, all with their own differences of opinion. The mystery of Christ is: God put himself in a human body and then was sacrificed for the sins of the world and all that the Bible says it entails. According to Robert, ALL are forgiven and at some point must trust in what Christ has done or face an unbelievers Hell. I was troubled about how he dealt with sin in a couple of the people he counselled, but he was more concerned in how or if they understood the mystery of Christ. That's ok, but he has some conflicting ideas with me(def. no theologian) about what to say to others about sin. I LOVED the book and the vast majority of what Robert says in it. I see grace in a better light and have experienced God's love. "Trust Christ and ask Him to open your eyes!"

Worship

Because I lead worship and participate on worship teams at church, I have been feeling a need to upgrade my worship attitude. Not that I have a bad attitude towards God, it's just that I see more and more religious mistakes made by worship leaders and when you lead worship, the lyrics, in my humble opinion must be based on the "Finished Works of the Cross"! Maybe there should be more teaching on this. We don't need to worship to "usher God's Presence into the church". He's already there. We DO need to act more in faith(trust) that He IS there and that He desires for us to realize a connection with Him and others. We are not desperate or helpless and if we are then that's a place of our own choosing. We're not sinners but sometimes we do sin. Sin IS NOT a lifestyle we adopted. Sin brings death in more ways than one if we don't deal with it in a Biblical New Covenant fashion: thank Jesus for becoming sin and then destroying it through His death and then thank Him for making us new creatures in Him. Our sin has been punished in Him and our sin nature has been put to death.