New Wine for New Wineskins July 2020
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Over The Top (Part 2)
over the top – to an excessive degree; beyond reasonable or acceptable limits
Remember, in the First World War the phrase “over the top” was used by the British to describe the infantry emerging from the safety of their trenches to attack the enemy across open ground. More recently, with allusion to its WW1 origins, the phrase has come to describe excessive or foolhardy actions. Since the 1980s the phrase is often shortened to OTT.
Last time I asked the question: Are you OTT? Remember, AW Tozer once said that sometimes a fanatic is just someone who loves Jesus more than you do.
Are we disciples of Jesus or are we followers of established / entrenched (these two words can be interchangeable in some contexts) religious practice? If we can’t find something in the life of Jesus then we don’t need it, but if we can find something in the life of Jesus then we do need it.
In this newsletter we are going to look at Jesus’ “modus operandi” – his MO – his way of doing things. Before we are done I believe that we will see that Jesus was OTT – over the top! And if he was OTT and we are called to follow him then we ought to be OTT also. The church has been entrenched for too long.
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