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The roar of love |
gregnettle.com is the blog of Greg Nettle, Senior Pastor of RiverTree Christian Church. The Roar of Love is a favorite description of how Greg describes God's love for all people. Greg has dedicated his life to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with as many people as possible in the most effective ways possible. Greg believes that the sign of a mature Christian is not how far they remove themselves from the world, but how deeply they penetrate the world with the "roar of God's love."
posted by Greg Nettle at 11:28 AM
I am a diehard Cleveland Browns fan that dies hard every year. I have traveled to Peru, Ecuador, Ireland, Tanzania, England, France, Holland, South Africa, Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti and Scotland. And there’s nothing I would rather do than have a cup of coffee with my wife, Julie, at our local Starbucks. I enjoy bungee jumping, whitewater rafting and skydiving. The faster the roller coaster the better. My most recent adventures have included climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel. I have read more than 50 books a year for the past 20 years but my favorite is to read the Bible with my 10 year old daughter, Tabitha and newly adopted son, Elijah. I used to travel and sing with Rich Mullins and I have had breakfast with Jerry Falwell. I would rather spend an hour with Howard Stern than an hour with the Pope. I love Kraft macaroni and cheese out of a box, Ho Ho’s, filet mignon and lobster with drawn butter—jalapenos on everything.
2 Comments:
Great video. I loved the math in it. We as a society, here in the US particularly, are so consumeristic and so wasteful. It's ingrained in us and it's hard to change. Videos like this don't stay fresh in our minds long enough. It would be nice to see that math in front of me every time I bought an expensive cup of coffee or worse, bought any of the concessions at the movie theater. I think of Paul in prison, or Brother Lawrence, countless monks of any religious order, Christian or others, so satisfied with no material possessions at all.
Our budget for giving to those in need should be much, much greater than our entertainment budget. Sadly it is quite the opposite.
This leaves me with the question "How are we going to repond to this calling to move beyond ourselves?" I give but am still a selfish man. This past week I bought a SUV that was totally unnecessary. I'll start by putting it up for sale. Then what I ask myself. I pray for God's guidance for our family to repond in the way that Jesus would want for us. Nothing less.
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