![]() ![]() It will always be the shortest distance between you and another human being." Should make it really easy for all of us who claim to follow Jesus, to show grace and love exactly how we were given it: freely and quickly, regardless of our SHARED, INHERENT "class". Lentz was the lead pastor of Hillsong NYC. Don't deserve an ounce of the ocean of grace God has given me.Somebody once told me "humility is the great mediator. Hillsong Church Senior Pastor Brian Houston notified the congregation in a statement that Pastor Carl Lentz was terminated on Wednesday. We must as GOD SAYS! I for one, am grateful for that. (RNS) Carl Lentz, the ousted pastor of Hillsong New York City, has landed on staff at Transformation Church, a predominantly Black, nondenominational megachurch in Tulsa. My point? We can't dispense grace or love how WE WANT. Projecting insecurity and bad motives is a full time job for too many people.If they were not "well known"? Much more palatable for people! Why? Because we classify that as well and are not threatened by things that fit neatly into our ready made classification prism. Because these individuals are "well known", immediately it will elicit reactions.mostly harsh, because it's easier/lazy to classify that which you can't fully understand, than to pursue depth and reasoning. The picture above, demonstrates this well. That's the tricky thing about life.We desperately want to classify people in our minds. Lentz became head pastor of Hillsong’s New York outlet in 2010 and quickly grew its base of young urban professional Christians, working with his wife, Laura Lentz. ![]() Excited to be speaking to our Kingdom Builders tonight Some of the most consistent and faithful people I have ever been around! It takes many, to continue to promote the available grace of God, which is no respecter of persons. ![]()
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