It's seems obvious to me that even though it's nearly impossible to ask of anyone, the Christian response to being torn apart by a lion, or a gossip, or an anti-Christian culture is going to be to pray for our enemies and bless those that curse us. However, the impulse is often to be like Peter--standing up for Jesus and chopping off ears as we do it.
I'm mostly serious when I tell people that my goal as a songwriter is to write "psalms." To me, they are rawest of scripture, and the most human. I flat out stole a chorus from Psalm 143 - in a song I regularly introduce as inspired by both Paul Westerberg and King David.
Every once in a while a friend of mine expresses a dislike for the complicated spirituality of some of writing. And nearly every time I respond with, "do you read the psalms?" They are, as they say, "real talk."
It's seems obvious to me that even though it's nearly impossible to ask of anyone, the Christian response to being torn apart by a lion, or a gossip, or an anti-Christian culture is going to be to pray for our enemies and bless those that curse us. However, the impulse is often to be like Peter--standing up for Jesus and chopping off ears as we do it.
Yes.
I'm mostly serious when I tell people that my goal as a songwriter is to write "psalms." To me, they are rawest of scripture, and the most human. I flat out stole a chorus from Psalm 143 - in a song I regularly introduce as inspired by both Paul Westerberg and King David.
Every once in a while a friend of mine expresses a dislike for the complicated spirituality of some of writing. And nearly every time I respond with, "do you read the psalms?" They are, as they say, "real talk."