DANGER IS MY MIDDLE NAME...

James 5:10
''brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They suffered many hard things, but they were patient.''

wow the book of James just put me on check, I mean the heading for this book in my bible reads as followed: ''How to live as a christian'' if this is how a life of a christian suppose to look like then I and the American church have to owe God an apology and repent for not living the life of a true christian. yesterday I heard this podcast which had a catchy title and I believe this could also possibly be another sermon with that same title (sorry for copying you Mark Batterson) ''MAKE US DANGEROUS!'' the life of a prophet and a disciple was nothing less than dangerous. dangerous because their lives were on the line, their reputation was hanging on the words that they spoke. Dangerous should be the way we live, what has happened?

In a country where freedom reigns, where in God we trust, we (Christians) seem OK living w/o danger. I think if Jesus was here he'd be ashamed of his new aged disciples. I ask this question to myself, while fearing the answer, ''what do I need to do to live dangerously for Christ?'' I opened up a news paper and saw an article about a gay celebration here in the city (where else) it bugged me so much that I threw it away. I started thinking how can I live, preach, and profess Jesus and not do anything about this. I remember Rod Parsely once said, ''homosexuals are coming out of the closet, while Christians are running to hide in the closets.'' what will you stand for? how does your dangerous life look like?

Lord make us Dangerous!!!