done that a bunch. I’ll just scrap a whole verse.
safer for me.
[Chris] First of all, John Wimber… what a
Sometimes you know what you’re trying to say
stud! What a great quote. Honestly, if I had to
because it connects emotionally, but you don’t [WM] You met your future wife while serving point back at one thing that’s shaped the way
know if it does a good job explaining what good the poor in the Nashville inner city. What a that I’ve done worship or even gone into the
theology is. So I wrestle with those things. great model for all of us! The late Pastor John music business, the one event in my life that
Wimber said that you cannot truly worship God shaped that more than anything was when
I’ve got a group of pastors that I like to send and ignore the poor. We are to lean toward the I fell in love with serving the “least of these”.
songs to and ask them to give me feedback on poor. His words were, “Many Christians and As worship leaders, we are getting in front of
the theology. Because the last thing I want to Christian leaders have been neutralized by the people and we’re having them sing songs that
do is send out a song and realize after the fact love of money and materialism. The homage say, “I love you Jesus.” But Scripture clearly
that people are singing bad theology. It doesn’t paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps says that whatever we’ve done for the least of
have to be really bad for it to be bad, because our energy as well as our love for God and these we’ve done to Him. So, if we’re going to
those things add up on top of each other. I’m other people. Through repentance and the sing songs that say, “I love you Jesus”, but our
honest with myself, I know I make mistakes, cleansing of forgiveness, we can rid ourselves life doesn’t impact the least of these in some
and there have been times I’ve looked back of this burden and begin to let God transform way, then it really is just empty words.
at songs that are out there, and I’ll think about our value system. Like Jesus and Paul, we can what I would now change. I just try my best learn to be content with what we have, living So throughout my entire career, for lack of a
on the front end to make sure these things are modestly in order that we may give liberally better word, we’ve always kind of come back
grounded in scripture. to the work of the kingdom and to meet the to how we can impact the poor. Currently
needs of others.” How did serving the poor and my wife and I started a mobile laundry truck,
I’ll actually write out the scripture reference for marginalized help to shape your perspective on and every Sunday after church we drive it
each verse and where its from, that just feels worship? downtown and we do laundry for the homeless
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