ReFocus Living a Life that Reflects God's Heart

Mr. Daley's third book, refocus, living a life that reflects God's heart will be released in the fall.

Well I think for me it's not you know it's not looking back and and being sour or doubting that strategy you know I wasn't born in the 30s a lot of those figures you talk about Jerry Falwell Dr. Thompson they're born in the 30s 40s they lived in a different country than we live in today and you know Judeo Christian values were commonly agreed upon I mean this is what we do and generally the culture and brace those things and to have those things slip away I can understand in part why they engage vigorously in that area so it's not to recriminate that but when when you look at the way forward and we talked earlier about the soldier that tweeted you I agree what I'm saddened by is the fact that we cannot find a way to sit down to talk and that really greys my heart because when you look at the example that Jesus was in the New Testament when he engaged the woman caught an adultery or the woman at the well or you know they made actually they set of him that he was a friend of sinners is if that were horrible I think the church we need to be willing to engage people to talk with them about what we perceive to be this life and what it's about and if we're just building a fortress we're failing at the very call of Christianity so in that context refocus for me is really finding away that's more a New Testament rooted that you know we speak kindly we speak gently to the world I think one of the mistakes we're that we've made is we tend to speak harshly toward the world and gently toward our own it's not what the scripture teaches you know let's hold each other accountable as Christians and as believers but when we're engaging the world let's show compassion I've come to the conclusion I don't know a single Christian that's actually been emotionally beaten into the kingdom of God you know you better do this there you know there's two ways one is the old Bill Brightway which is if you died tonight you know where he would go that's fear I mean that that's fair okay we believe that the other is Romans the book of Romans in chapter two verse four it says don't you know basically the paraphrase that it's the kindness of God that leads one to repentance we've got to remember that and boy if God's willing to show kindness to people that maybe don't even believe in him or are antagonistic toward him can we do any last and that's I think the great failure and that's the focus of refocus

Mr. Daley's third book, refocus, living a life that reflects God's heart will be released in the fall.

well I think for me it's not you know it's not looking back and and being sour or doubting that strategy you know I wasn't born in the 30s a lot of those figures you talk about Jerry Falwell Dr. Thompson they're born in the 30s 40s they lived in a different country than we live in today and you know Judeo Christian values were commonly agreed upon I mean this is what we do and generally the culture and brace those things and to have those things slip away I can understand in part why they engage vigorously in that area so it's not to recriminate that but when when you look at the way forward and we talked earlier about the soldier that tweeted you I agree what I'm saddened by is the fact that we cannot find a way to sit down to talk and that really greys my heart because when you look at the example that Jesus was in the New Testament when he engaged the woman caught an adultery or the woman at the well or you know they made actually they set of him that he was a friend of sinners is if that were horrible I think the church we need to be willing to engage people to talk with them about what we perceive to be this life and what it's about and if we're just building a fortress we're failing at the very call of Christianity so in that context refocus for me is really finding away that's more a New Testament rooted that you know we speak kindly we speak gently to the world I think one of the mistakes we're that we've made is we tend to speak harshly toward the world and gently toward our own it's not what the scripture teaches you know let's hold each other accountable as Christians and as believers but when we're engaging the world let's show compassion I've come to the conclusion I don't know a single Christian that's actually been emotionally beaten into the kingdom of God you know you better do this there you know there's two ways one is the old Bill Brightway which is if you died tonight you know where he would go that's fear I mean that that's fair okay we believe that the other is Romans the book of Romans in chapter two verse four it says don't you know basically the paraphrase that it's the kindness of God that leads one to repentance we've got to remember that and boy if God's willing to show kindness to people that maybe don't even believe in him or are antagonistic toward him can we do any last and that's I think the great failure and that's the focus of refocus

You know I wasn't born in the 30s a lot of those figures you talk about Jerry Falwell, Dr. Dopson They're born in the 30s 40s They lived in a different country than we live in today And you know Judeo-Christian values were commonly agreed upon I mean this is what we do and generally the culture and brace those things