Arden’s comment on “wisdom” made me think of this: Swiss (?) theologian Karl Barth (to some, one of the greatest thinkers in Europe in the last century) reportedly once replyed to a request for a summary of his theology by quoting this simple song…
“Jesus loves me,
this I know,
for the Bible tells me so…”
‘nuf said? ‘nuf said indeed.
Dear Tom and Everyone,
I think that this is THE fundamental truth that is NOT taught by evangelists. We’re good at being forgiven, but we don’t understand being loved. Lately I have been “swimming” (or soaking) in Psalm 107, Ephesians 3:16-19, and this little song:
http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/jesus_blood_never_failed_m.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYA0w4cWiE
Try it; you’ll like it.
Grace and peace,
—Doug C.
for those other 2 of you who read this blog… you really NEED to take the 4 minutes to listen to the youtube that Doug posted above… in fact, I think I need to link to this for future listening… it is something that I found so amazingly soothing… oh, and after listening to the youtube, read the story!