Edward Fudge and Songs of Our Journey

No, those two don't have anything to do with each other. It's just that I am going to refer to both in this post. Thanks for ALL the comments involving the "Jesus is the Savior ONLY of the church" statement. My take is that the statement is the product of a very STRONG sectarian mindset. I don't believe that to be true. That is not the gospel I read about in the New Testament. John 3:16 is not up for discussion as far as I am concerned.

If you want to read a scholarly essay as to how someone could get to the point that they are THAT sectarian, please read the following post by Edward Fudge. I have never read anything by EF that didn't encourage me. I love his spirit, and his love for his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Thank you Royce Ogle for pointing me to this wonderful essay.

http://www.edwardfudge.com/written/restmvmnttext.html

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Ever since Joe Beam had us sing "You've Got a Friend" last year at Downtown, I have been more aware of seeing how secular songs can apply to my spiritual life and to my personal journey. Yeah, it would be a monumental task to make most of them applicable........but there might be more opportunities than you think. Yesterday I heard "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles, and it really resonated with me as far as my walk has been.

"The long and winding road that leads to your door,
Will never disappear,
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here, leads me to your door.


"Why leave me standing here, let me know the way
Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried
Anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried,
but still they lead me back to the long and winding road"

So, do any of you have secular songs that remind you of your journey or encourage you in your daily walk? If so, please share them with the rest of us.

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The Harding Academy Lions in Memphis are 3-0 after last night! They defeated Ezell-Harding last night, and face a tough Knoxville Webb team next week. Can anything good come outa Knoxville? :) Just teasing. Some of my most DEAREST friends in the WHOLE WORLD are in Knoxville........Tom and Anita Drinnen. I would go to the wall for them in a heart beat. They were my second parents in Liberia when I was in High School there, and I don't know if I would have made it without their their love and support. Anybody else out there know the Drinnens? Their son, Tommy, is a missionary at the Village of Hope in Ghana. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree.

Everybody have a GREAT weekend.

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