More on Conflict
It's timely for me that I just read this Tozer quote on Len's Blog:

"Some misguided Christian leaders feel that they must preserve harmony at
any cost, so they do everything possible to reduce friction. They should
remember that there is no friction in a machine that has been shut down for the
night. Turn off the power, and you will have no problem with moving parts. Also
remember that there is a human society where there are no problems--the
cemetery. The dead have no differences of opinion. They generate no heat,
because they have no energy and no motion. But their penalty is sterility and
complete lack of achievement.

What then is the conclusion of the matter? That problems are the price of
progress, that friction is the concomitant of motion, that a live and expanding
church will have a certain quota of difficulties as a result of its life and
activity. A Spirit-filled church will invite the anger of the enemy."

A. W. Tozer in This World: Playground or Battleground?

BTW, Pray for Len. He's just now discovering U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind?
posted by Jimmy at 12:42 PM | |