Friday, August 6, 2010

I Hate Meetings! The Reading for August 8, 2010; Isaiah 1:10-20

Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings - meetings, meetings, meetings - I can't stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You've worn me out!

     Say no to wrong. 

     Learn to do good.

     Work for justice. 



      If they're red like crimson, they'll be like wool.

     If you'll willingly obey, you'll feast like kings.
That's right. God says so.

Isaiah 1:10-20 (The Message)

1. What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah that God would paint us all with their brush?
2. Do we play the martyr and make our busy-ness a sacrifice? If so, is it to God or to an idol?
3. Do we talk differently than we act? Do we even get beyond talking to the say, learn and do part?
4. This makes me think of author Anne Rice who recently announced on Facebook that she was giving up Christianity for Christ. What was God saying about religion in Isaiah’s time? Does it hold true still?
5. What is the relationship between personal and social holiness? Have we separated or prioritized the two?

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