Poets & Saints

It Is Not God Who Is Violent

SCRIPTURE John 12:47 (NIV) "If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world." REFRAIN God is not violent. God is love. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "It is not God who is violent. We are.  It is not that God demands suffering of humans. We do.  God does not need or want suffering — neither in Jesus nor in us." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Life More Abundantly

SCRIPTURE John 10:10 (NIV) "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." REFRAIN I am fully alive in the presence of God. QUOTE Irenaeus of Lyon, from Against Heresies (4.20.7) "For the glory of God is a living human being; and the life of the human consists in beholding God." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mercy Not Sacrifice

SCRIPTURE Hosea 6:6 / Matthew 9:13 (NIV) "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." REFRAIN God wants mercy, not sacrifice. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "Jesus did not come to change God's mind about us. It did not need changing. Jesus came to change our minds about God — and about ourselves — and about where goodness and evil really lie." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Come As You Are

SCRIPTURE Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV) "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." REFRAIN I come as I am and find grace here. QUOTE George MacDonald, from Unspoken Sermons "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their suffering might be like His." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

God Was Never Angry

SCRIPTURE Ephesians 1:9–10 (NIV) He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment — to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. REFRAIN I was loved before anything went wrong. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "Jesus never punished anybody. Yes, he challenged people, but always for the sake of insight, healing, and restoration of people and situations to their divine origin and source." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.