Chapdelaine House

...and walking with God doesn't make it easier. If there's one thing I have found God wants to erase completely in my life, it's pride. The way to erasing pride is dishing out the humility. "We better trash our idols if we want to be In the army of the Lord And the greatest idol is you and me, We better get on the threshing floor When will we learn that God's strategy Is giving glory to the Lord? We better trash our idols if we want to be In the army of the Lord." Jason Upton - "Dying Star" As I get deeper in the bible and the teachings of Jesus, I realize that he preaches the opposite of what I see in the world: if you want to go up, you have to go down; if you want to be great, you have to become poor...yeah, stuff I've heard since I chose to follow Jesus. Now i've reached a point where these things are played out in my life, though. And it is so hard. David

Today I felt that I should post this. Not sure why. It's a set of notes I took today from a talk from Mark Driscoll. Lately, i've been realizing the dichotomy of listening to Mark Driscoll and Mike Bickle as two of my major influences. To most, they are totally opposite ends of the spectrum as far as the human doctrine goes. I like being stretched by each man's downloads of info and insight. Something I noticed while taking notes: Driscoll's and Bickle's definition of humility are so similar. Keep in mind, this is how I take notes. A little hard to read, I know. Mark Driscoll : Humble Pastors, 1 Peter 1 Peter 5:2 Kings: administrative, enjoys numbers, fair salaries, budget of money, love people in practical ways -the leader with stewardship gifts Prophets: Discernment, finding the heretics, oversight Priests: Mercy works, serve projects Pastors are like the Oxen: (see scripture) -without feeding the oxen, they will plow, but shrivel and die. -3 years ago, ...