Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky

Just wanted to share some lyrics that have been real blessing me lately … the song is quite old … it’s by Keith Green, called “Your Love Broke Through” … just read the words … =) … then listen to the song … Old is Gold

All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I’ve been blind all these wasted years and I though I was so wise
But then you took me by surprise
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I’ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I’ve been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again
It’s like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I’ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through

Hope you enjoyed it!

-Joshi

However, after further researching the book I found some startling information…

Many Christian pastors (in fact rather prominent pastors) were denouncing the book as “heretical” and “extremely misleading. I stumbled upon this article by Chuck Colson. (click on the link for the premise and Colson’s article.)

I was shocked to discover this about this story. Pastors like James Macdonald and Pastor Bob Botsford [Horizon Christian Fellowship] have been very critical of the book, claiming it has “distorted the image of GOD” and given people “a false sense of what The Trinity really is” … They also say that “though it portrays message of ‘redemption’, it has deep theological holes…”

So stay away from “The Shack”! It is very easy to be buy into the ideas that this guy is offering… so please don’t harm your own mind by reading it. I cannot recommend this book to anyone, because of these rather important theological shifts that Young is bringing up. If you are reading it please consider the above articles before doing so!

Just wanted to share this final video from Pastor Mark Driscoll [Mars Hill Church], before closing …

So again, if you are planning on reading it, don’t, and let others know as well … we want to uphold the name of GOD in a very true and honest way, to preach the Gospel as proclaimed through His Word and His Word alone!

Blessings

-Joshi

I will admit that I have tried blogging before, and I have failed .. miserably.

The longest I did it was about a week, and then it would sort of trail of from there. I cannot promise that it will be any different with this blog. Although I do intend to keep this going for as long as possible, I cannot guarantee it =). I will try my best to update as frequently as I can.

I call this blog, “Recent Random Thoughts” because that is what I believe it will be. I will not be blogging about any one thing specifically, but various topics will be covered … the Bible , the random youtube video or two, Faith, Worship, leadership, the church, politics and much more.

As a forewarning, I do not consider myself an expert on any of these things, nor do I consider myself an excellent writer … and I hope I don’t come off that way. I will try my best to research whatever I post about, and I will of course be adding my own opinion about these things. I am open to comments and discussion about these topics (just ask me for my e-mail address). I am looking forward to reading your comments, so please comment =)

I look forward to blogging, and I hope that you will look forward to reading it!

Happy Reading

- Joshi