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Running Scared Chapter Seven The God of Suspense “Deliverance is grand except for one thing: it isn’t deliverance unless it’s the eleventh hour. There first has to be some kind of danger for there to be deliverance. Such drama is fun to watch in movies and great to hear in other people’s stories, but we…
On the last Sunday of January, I interrupted our current sermon series to talk about how suffering affects the church. This initiative came from our Lay Pastors as we identified the number of people in our congregation being directly affected by some very painful circumstances. We concluded that Eagle Heights is experiencing God’s blessing in…
Running Scared Chapter Six The Manna Principle Welch writes: “The manna story is the story for all worriers.†In chapter six, he develops what the story of God’s provision for the Israelites has to say to we who fear in the 21st century. True to his earlier advice, the author notes what the story says…
Running Scared Chapter Five Do Not Be Afraid With chapter five, Welch turns from observations about the experience of fear and worry to what God has to say on the subject. “Do not be afraid†is God’s most frequent command in the Bible, occurring over three hundred times. The author wants us to be alert…
Running Scared Chapter Four Anxiety and Worry Chime In In chapter four, Welch’s goal is to expand the discussion beyond particular fears to the more general outlook of worry. At the end of the chapter he quotes Freud to demonstrate the significance of worry as a window to the soul: “There is no question that…
Running Scared Chapter Three Fear Speaks “. . . fear is speaking, and we should listen†(p. 37). That’s the gist of chapter three. Fear’s most obvious message is that there is danger, but Welch hopes to help us listen carefully enough to get beyond the obvious. After acknowledging that the world is full of…
Running Scared Chapter Two Your Fear I have a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. – Charlie Brown “Rather than minimize your fears, find more of them. Expose them to the light of day because the more you find the more blessed you will be when you hear words of peace…
Running Scared Chapter One A World of Fear Welch surveys our experience with fear from childhood to adulthood. His conclusion is that fear is natural—we have don’t have to learn it. Furthermore, fears don’t go away. With greater freedom and responsibility, fears multiply throughout life. Welch offers a nice chuckle on the psychiatry of fear:…
“God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.†— William Wilberforce Last night, our family watched the movie Amazing Grace. Good show. I felt the storytellers failed, however, to communicate the duration of the struggle and the power of Wilberforce’s endurance. I did…
Master, they say that when I seem To be in speech with you, Since you make no replies, it’s all a dream –One talker aping two. They are half right, but not as they Imagine; rather, I Seek in myself the things I meant to say, And lo! The wells are dry. Then, seeing me…
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