22 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Julian Hibbert, tedNEWS] Greek mythology has bequeathed the idea of the “Herculean task” to the English language, and the term is now used to describe a task that is unusually difficult to perform.
Dr Laurence Turner, of Newbold College, undertook such a task during this morning’s worship session at the European Pastors’ Conference: he preached to hundreds of preachers – and had our attention throughout!
I know that you will want to listen to it, so we won’t spoil you with too much prior information, just enough to whet your appetite.
Dr Turner started with an interesting comparison between two of God’s great “mountaineers” – both of whom joined Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. He then sketched Elijah’s spiritual journey from Carmel to Horeb (Mt. Sinai). A pilgrimage that took him into the same cave – “cleft in the rock” – that sheltered Moses when God passed by.
According to Turner, God spoke to Moses through the spectacular: earthquake, noise and fire. But although Elijah’s senses are also assaulted by such spectacular, awesome displays of light and sound, God speaks to him in a radically different way than He spoke to Moses – in a “gentle whisper”.
Well, that’s enough. Lets not spoil your listening pleasure – just click here for the live recording and enjoy it. [tedNEWS]
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