At the Together for the Gospel 2010 conference in Louisville several weeks ago, John MacArthur preached from Mark 4 on the Theology of Sleep. I thought it was a tremendous exposition of the passage and had excellent thoughts that are of benefit not only to preachers, but to all believers. Here's the video link:
T4G 2010 -- Session 5 -- John MacArthur from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Or, if you prefer, audio: The Theology of Sleep - John MacArthur
Let me know what you think.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
"My Way"
A few weeks ago, the Lord drove home a point of practical theology, so to speak, while I was at work. It seems that this fellow came up wanting to mail off an envelope express mail. For an express mail form, I have the customer fill out the label portion - the to and from - bring it back, and I finish the rest of the info on it. However, this gentleman decides he's going to try to figure out himself how to fill out of the rest of it. So he begins writing down info on the rest of the form that he doesn't know. He brings it back. I groan inside. I explain that he's ruined the form by putting other info on it.
"I told you to just fill out the 'to' and the 'from'," I told him, hopefully sounded less exasperated than I felt. I handed him another form and told him to just fill out what I told him this time.
Then a lady comes up to send something out certified mail with a return receipt. More paperwork. She brings back the forms. She, too, has entered more info than I asked for. She, too, has ruined the forms. Acting less annoyed than I felt - I mean, come on, two in a row? Two people in a row completely ignore the instructions I give them? - I had her fill out the forms again, pleading with her only to fill out what I told her to fill out.
Later, it occurred to me that that's kind of how we are with God. He gives us the roadmap, but we ignore it and do our own thing. Incidentally, my two customers both got it right the second time, so the parallels end there.
Praise God, we read throughout Scripture that God is longsuffering and abounding in mercy. Not like me. I would've been very frustrated if those people had kept making the same mistakes. But God is not like us. And so much the better for us. Praise God for His mercy!
"I told you to just fill out the 'to' and the 'from'," I told him, hopefully sounded less exasperated than I felt. I handed him another form and told him to just fill out what I told him this time.
Then a lady comes up to send something out certified mail with a return receipt. More paperwork. She brings back the forms. She, too, has entered more info than I asked for. She, too, has ruined the forms. Acting less annoyed than I felt - I mean, come on, two in a row? Two people in a row completely ignore the instructions I give them? - I had her fill out the forms again, pleading with her only to fill out what I told her to fill out.
Later, it occurred to me that that's kind of how we are with God. He gives us the roadmap, but we ignore it and do our own thing. Incidentally, my two customers both got it right the second time, so the parallels end there.
Praise God, we read throughout Scripture that God is longsuffering and abounding in mercy. Not like me. I would've been very frustrated if those people had kept making the same mistakes. But God is not like us. And so much the better for us. Praise God for His mercy!
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