Eugene Peterson - The Dawn of the Message

When religion as novelty spreads, maturity thins out. Paul has warned us that we are perpetuating our adolescence when we indulge in spiritual novelties. We must no longer be children tossed to and fro blown about by every wind of doctrine. Following jesus is not a consumer activity. Love cannot be improved with jewelry or an exotic cruise. It require submission, sacrifice and reverence. The well established and much verified fact is that Prayer is not a technique that can be learned as a skill. It can only be entered as a person in relation. Second is that we release the outcomes of our life to a god that is weigh better at outcomes than we are. And last is that we access