Comments on: More Joy in Heaven http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/03/09/more-joy-in-heaven/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-joy-in-heaven Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:45:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Betsy Markman http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/03/09/more-joy-in-heaven/#comment-4369 Betsy Markman Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:14:49 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2956#comment-4369 You mean it's not all about ME? It's not all about making me rich and giving me my best life now? PRAISE GOD! Can you imagine how quickly the universe would implode if it was all about me...or you...or even all of humanity? Only when we put first things first (Loving God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength) and second things second (loving our neighbors as ourselves) can we get life right. So easy to say, so hard to do... Thanks for posting this entry. You mean it’s not all about ME? It’s not all about making me rich and giving me my best life now?

PRAISE GOD! Can you imagine how quickly the universe would implode if it was all about me…or you…or even all of humanity? Only when we put first things first (Loving God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength) and second things second (loving our neighbors as ourselves) can we get life right.

So easy to say, so hard to do…

Thanks for posting this entry.

]]> By: Jimmy Fine http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/03/09/more-joy-in-heaven/#comment-4366 Jimmy Fine Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:37:10 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2956#comment-4366 Excellent post, Trevin. Excellent post, Trevin.

]]> By: Trevin Wax http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/03/09/more-joy-in-heaven/#comment-4368 Trevin Wax Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:07:43 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2956#comment-4368 Possibly so. Including a salvation appeal in every message necessarily turns the sermon outward to the lost. So some may find that as a helpful way of avoiding the dreaded "inversion." Possibly so. Including a salvation appeal in every message necessarily turns the sermon outward to the lost. So some may find that as a helpful way of avoiding the dreaded “inversion.”

]]> By: Kevin http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/03/09/more-joy-in-heaven/#comment-4367 Kevin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:03:02 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2956#comment-4367 Do you think the 99 and 1 parable is the reason some pastors include a salvation appeal in almost every message? Do you think the 99 and 1 parable is the reason some pastors include a salvation appeal in almost every message?

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