A Word of Truth in Troubled Times

 

¹ “Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
       Raise your voice like a trumpet.
   Declare to my people their rebellion
       and to the house of Jacob their sins.”

—The words of the Prophet Isaiah from Isaiah 58:1

 

Occasionally, in every generation, a voice appears that has a unique way of speaking truth in a gentle, yet forthright, manner. I believe that Eric Metaxas speaks with such a voice. He is the author of well-researched and elegantly written books including the following:

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask)
  
  
• Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
  
  
• Everything Else You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask)
  
  
• It’s Time to Sleep, My Love
  
  
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God–The Jesus Edition
  
  
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.

Eric Metaxas speaks with a clear voice about serious issues in an engaging and truly smile-evoking way.

On February 2, 2012, Eric Metaxas presented the keynote address at the Fellowship Foundation National Prayer Breakfast. The Washington Post writer Michelle Boorstein summarized his speech this way:

But [Eric Metaxses’] deepest message was that Christianity has been warped into a focus on doctrine and judgment. “Pious baloney isn’t faith. Imagine talking to Jesus that way. He’d almost laugh,” Metaxas said.

Of course, he said much more than that. So much more, in fact, that you may want to settle in an watch his entire 30-minute speech. You will find that it will be time well spent.

 

 

Will you pray with me?

Thank You, God, for loving us. Thank You for sending Jesus to be our Savior. Thank You for sending us Your Holy Spirit to dwell within us.

Thank You that You still raise up strong voices to sound the trumpet and warn God’s people. As You send Your Holy Spirit to energize us to do Your work in this world, may we rise to the challenge and respond to this siren call.

Thank You, dear Father, for Your overhwleming love that You have demonstrated to us in the provision of Your Son as the substitutionary sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins. How we thank You for leading us by Your Holy Spirit along the pathway You have laid out before us. And, thank You for hearing our prayer in and through the precious Name of Your Son, our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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