ChosenRebel's Blog

Weekend Musings

Our approaches to worship are too familiar.

We have boldness to go into the throne room of God through the blood of an eternal covenant (Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 13:20) but we should never equate that boldness with flippancy.

When I think of passages like Exodus 11-12 and the ferocious love of God for his people I am reminded of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard’s quote in Teaching a Stone to Talk.

… It is madness to wear ladies’ straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews.”

— Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk

For those who want to explore the wonder, mystery, ferocity and awesomeness of the love of God, I recommend Don Carson’s book,

The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God.

It is short, 96 pages, but packed with insight and help.