Isn't God the one who urges us to "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord"? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful… - Charles R. Swindoll
" "Isn't God the one who urges us to "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord"? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter... I've seen folks quote verses like "Rejoice in the Lord always" while their faces look like they just buried a rich uncle who willed everything to his pregnant guinea pig. Something is missing.
About Charles R. Swindoll
Charles R. Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an American evangelical pastor, author, and radio preacher. He founded the Insight for Living radio ministry in 1979, now carried on more than 2,000 stations worldwide, and served as senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. He later became president and then chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary and has written more than 70 books.
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Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship. He came to make the primary, primary again. The secondary activity of obedience to the law of God was always intended to serve the primary activity: to love God and enjoy Him forever. When that is primary, the secondary becomes a labor of love, a joyful, and "easy" burden to bear. (Matthew 11:28-30