Dr. Charlie Barrett speaks today at www.sermonaudio.com. The live webcast from Faith Free Presbyterian Church may be found at 11:00AM Eastern Standard Time, and 6:00PM EST. (I am listening and typing before I get ready for work in an hour.)
Interesting, when I thin-skinned "est", I found
an origin from 1970s and the businessman Werner Erhard.
Through Erhard Seminars Training, individuals were
strengthened to self-improvement through
"intensive group awareness".
Dr. Barrett is speaking of Existing Peace Now,
preaching from Ephesians 5. The Bible
is Simplicity of bearing, a simplicity of baring,
a Bering Straight (or not?) for believers
crossing their days. Dr. Barrett speaks of Christians "doing
things for the wrong reasons."
He speaks of the hard place Greenville is for Believers
to genuinely have gratitude—genuinely live in
Grace. All our wrong reactions to being Alive. "Holiness is so precious," Dr. C. Barrett says. We are liberated.
"Intensive Group Awareness" does not foster self-improvement only. Self-marketing also fosters constant comparison and self-made expectations, mediocrity, and discouragement. Doesn't it?
One Holiness
and One Humanity
is a difficulty
when i reason
it. I want simplicity;
but really, am I saying,
"I do not believe."
I know I do.
Holiness feels
shameful to me
living among
so many theologians,
speechers and speakers
of "This is My Belief."
Let's eat something
knowing God is and always was
our Holiness.
"Intense" nothing—
pass the jelly,
pass the jam,
pass the preserves—
whatever you want to call it,
I am thankful
we can eat together.