Gospel Wabi Sabi: Good News For Imperfect People

You may think sloth just means physical laziness. That the chief culprit guilty of sloth is the proverbial couch potato with the TV remote or cell phone permanently attached to his or her hand. But sloth goes much deeper than that. British novelist Dorothy Sayers writes, "Sloth is the sin which believes nothing, enjoys nothing, cares nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, envies nothing, and only remains alive because there is nothing it would die for.” Find out more about this modern melancholy in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi. 

Anger is often associated with the imagery of heat and fire. It simmers, smolders, smokes and sparks. It scorches, blazes and burns all those it touches. Anger plays a fiery role in child abuse, spouse abuse, assault, and in arguments of all kinds. You can hear it in banging doors, loud voices and cars speeding away; and you can even hear it in the cold, frozen silence that hangs in the frigid air between two people who’ve stopped speaking. How do we invite Christ into our anger? Find out more in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

We all can get caught up in playing a game of pretense: believing we are something more than what we really are. And that is essentially the problem when it comes to the dangerous detour away from God's will that the Bible calls PRIDE. It's tough to get a handle on the spiritual problem of pride because it's an internal quality that may not be seen by others, and it is often hidden even from our own understanding. Discover the antidote for this kind of pride in this episode of Gospel Wabi-Sabi.

The 7 deadly sins! Sounds ominous, like God is trying to squeeze all the fun out of life. I’d like to soften the title a bit to call it 7 Dangerous Detours because these topics have more to do with how these 7 things direct us away from Christ and how we miss out on the kind of life Jesus desires for us. First up - Envy!

Nobody likes uncertainty – so when a Bible teacher comes along who is absolutely certain about these mysteries, with charts and graphs and formulas, many Christians are eager to drink the Kool-aid without really examining the whole history of biblical teaching on this stuff. We like the spectacular. I put myself in the shoes of Daniel who didn’t understand. Find out more in this final episode on the prophet Daniel in Gospel Wabi Sabi

Is the world spinning out of control? Are we in the end times? Is it time to build your backyard bunker? All these questions get answered in Daniel 11. Find out how in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi. 

The glory of God is meant to reassure people of the love of God. The touch of the Son of Man brought Daniel strength and reassurance when he was facing crushing disappointment. See how in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

How’s your pray life? Do you mumble a prayer as you rush into your day? Is prayer is an afterthought? Is it boring like you’re just going through the motions or you aren’t really connecting with God? Then let Daniel inspire you t pray in a deeper way. Though Daniel had a rich and regular prayer life, something happens that compels him to take his prayer life to a new level. Something happens that ignites his passion to pray, and to plead with God to act. To intervene. To do something. Check it out in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi. 

When this prophecy came to Daniel it made him sick. It was disturbing. But then we’re told: "Yet he got up and went about the king's business." Daniel is given a many layered, complicated vision of evil things that will happen in perhaps several different fulfillments, but he doesn’t throw in the towel. He keeps doing God’s business. What helps you to keep functioning faithfully in your daily life? Daniel didn't need every detail decoded to remain faithful—he needed a right posture toward God amid what he couldn't fully understand. What's one area where you're being invited to trust God's sovereignty rather than demand full clarity?

Everybody’s favorite Bible topic: The Anti-Christ! Who is he? When will he appear? Is he here already?  For the first time in this chapter, we find out how Daniel himself is reacting to all of this — and honestly, who could blame him for being alarmed and confused? His visions point to massive, world-shaking events, and Daniel has no idea when they'll happen or exactly what they mean. The world moves from one crisis to the next. So what does all of this mean for us as Christians? What should we do — or better, what should we be — in light of all this? (2 Peter 3:11). God’s good news about Jesus anchors everything. Find out more in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.