tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255061167072169918.post6299336298960569522..comments2024-02-23T08:33:09.845-08:00Comments on MichaelQuicke.org: An uncomfortable sermonMichaelQuickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268769366142928882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255061167072169918.post-45300729902361566442009-02-22T20:23:00.000-08:002009-02-22T20:23:00.000-08:00Have you noticed how incredibly complacent our cul...Have you noticed how incredibly complacent our culture has become about titles? (Perhaps not in the UK, but certainly in the US). We address our faculty by their first name....Michael, not Dr. Quicke! We communicate with our physicians and ministers on a first name basis. Yet, where does the familiarity lead us? Perhaps to a level of casualness that is not in our own best interest. Might it be the same thing with our relationship with the LORD? We like to call this one, Jesus. It sounds so cozy, doesn't it? So childlike. So innocent. Yet, what about the title LORD? Might we almost be fearful of invoking a title that reminds us of our irreverance and calls us toward a life of true discipleship? Calling Him Jesus seems so easy; but calling Him LORD is both frightening and humbling. It reminds us of the need to be serious about our faith in a way that supercedes casual familiarity and is demonsrated by nothing less than radical obedience. Wow...Jesus really did have some tough things to say, didn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com