http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/01/god-in-the-mosh-pit/ The Institute for the Theology of Culture, an official program of Multnomah Biblical Seminary Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:54:46 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/01/god-in-the-mosh-pit/#comment-2193 Joren Sun, 03 May 2009 16:06:14 +0000 http://new-wineskins.org/?p=658#comment-2193 Hey bro, I came to this site via Google. It's awesome to read the blog, man! I had the same at a few christian hardcore concerts. Maybe not the encounter with God like you described, but these concerts certainly gave me the oppurtunity to praise God and to praise Him loud. I'm 100% sure God is present at christian hardcore acts. Christians are able to enjoy the prsence of God, and non-christians are brought into touch with the message of Christ, or at least the atmosphere of hope. I enjoyed your blog! May God be with you! Hey bro, I came to this site via Google. It’s awesome to read the blog, man! I had the same at a few christian hardcore concerts. Maybe not the encounter with God like you described, but these concerts certainly gave me the oppurtunity to praise God and to praise Him loud. I’m 100% sure God is present at christian hardcore acts. Christians are able to enjoy the prsence of God, and non-christians are brought into touch with the message of Christ, or at least the atmosphere of hope. I enjoyed your blog! May God be with you!

]]> http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/01/god-in-the-mosh-pit/#comment-204 Ross Halbach Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:15:09 +0000 http://new-wineskins.org/?p=658#comment-204 I love it, Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. Your story makes me think about a new way God is teaching me to view the world. I used to have this idea that I brought God with me everywhere I go. It was a good thought; Jesus is always with me. Wrongly though, it became almost like I had a little Jesus in my pocket under my control like a miniature Bible. Your story reminds me of an even better way of viewing God’s presence in my world. Rather than viewing this world as a place I maneuver through with Jesus in my pocket, I am beginning to think about it as Jesus’ world with me just as one small character in it. With this mindset I am starting to look for the activity of Jesus everywhere I go. Like on the bus when I talk to the women next to me, Jesus is actively there. At my work in the coffee shop, Jesus is there. In the public school I volunteer at, as well as the private school I attend, Jesus is there. If this whole world is God’s grand story, it levels the playing field between the sacred and secular, the church and the non-church, Christian and non-Christian. God is actively involved in both, and I should look for him within each and in all. Possibly our churches have become more disengaged from the broader culture, because we think we invite Jesus into our worlds instead of recognizing we are in his. Do you think so? I love it, Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. Your story makes me think about a new way God is teaching me to view the world. I used to have this idea that I brought God with me everywhere I go. It was a good thought; Jesus is always with me. Wrongly though, it became almost like I had a little Jesus in my pocket under my control like a miniature Bible. Your story reminds me of an even better way of viewing God’s presence in my world. Rather than viewing this world as a place I maneuver through with Jesus in my pocket, I am beginning to think about it as Jesus’ world with me just as one small character in it. With this mindset I am starting to look for the activity of Jesus everywhere I go. Like on the bus when I talk to the women next to me, Jesus is actively there. At my work in the coffee shop, Jesus is there. In the public school I volunteer at, as well as the private school I attend, Jesus is there. If this whole world is God’s grand story, it levels the playing field between the sacred and secular, the church and the non-church, Christian and non-Christian. God is actively involved in both, and I should look for him within each and in all. Possibly our churches have become more disengaged from the broader culture, because we think we invite Jesus into our worlds instead of recognizing we are in his. Do you think so?

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