The Sound Word

Psalm 145:3   Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.   A recent series of devotionals I have been tacking from the teachings of A. W. Tozer, perhaps best known for his books on the Holiness of God such as "Pursuit of God" and others, has touched off and on for the last week or so on worship. What worship should be, what once was, and what now has become were the basic topics.   Today in some many churches we seem to have gone to extremes. While some have made worship pedestrian, others have made it like a rock concert, and still others into an over-charismatic time of being outside of yourself or normal acceptable behavior "in the spirit". What I am struck by is what Tozer hit upon; it simply needs to be about praising God and His unsearchable greatness. Here's what Tozer had to say:   "The dictionary says that to admire is "to regard with wondering esteem accompanied by pleasure and delight; to look at or upo...

Galatians 3:28 " There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. " Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsberg recently gave a speech at the New England Law |Boston campus to a group of young female law students. During her speech, designed and delivered to encourage young women in their pursuit of a achieving their career goals, she spoke at length about the importance of choosing the 'right husband'. After hearing of the speech, and interested in what she had to say, I searched the internet to find a transcript. I could not. I did find enough links to verify some bits of information I had previously heard, and enough to satisfy my curiosity. We are told in scripture that in Christ, there is no slave or freedman, no male or female etc, just children of Christ. Some might call me a skeptic, but I rather like to think of myself as a realist. While what my heart may want, even stron...