Many of you stand week after week and share your testimony through song and performance. Let me quickly assert that these questions are not born out of some moralizing attempt to set up strict standards of behavior and rule-following before someone can make a truth claim. We all know we would stand in the shadows of life if that were the case. What I am asking for is an honest template, if you will, for assessing my location on this journey. For many years, I read, studied, went to conferences, listened over and over to the pastor's sermons and other well-known speakers in hopes that this information would sink deep into my heart of hearts and transform the wretch that I am.
Christians are famous for coming up with the ten steps to everything.
Unfortunately, my platform as a musician and teacher made my latest discovery the revelation of the month and all those who would listen the recipients of my latest experience. Once again, my intentions were noble and my desires even heartfelt. But I was offering up more information more data, my technique, and more descriptions of my discovery. As I began to grow weary of the search for the latest data to quell this holy longing, if you will, I began to see what might really be at the bottom of this searching. I wanted to see Christianity .