Category: Authentic Christianity

’17 Stories: Joshua

Joshua Vineyard in Honduras

His initials might be “JV” but my guest on the podcast today is headed for the next level in the Kingdom of God. You’ve learned about Joshua before, today you’ll hear directly from him. 

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God’s given me a very bold mandate this new year, which is to feature 17 faith stories from 17 different people over the coming months on the podcast. I’m so delighted Joshua Vineyard could show up today for the first of these stories on this episode of the Pasture’s Podcast.

This remarkable, kingdom-driven young man is all of 22 but has a very seasoned demeanor and solid mooring even as he seeks adventures abroad for the Lord’s glory.

I’m eager for you to hear Joshua’s faith journey in his own words, his rocky road to finding that which is “real and genuine”, and the response of his life to lay it all down and live out his testimony by faith in the Christ “who loves [him] and laid His life down for [him]…” (Gal. 2:20).

Thanks for listening in. I’m certain you’ll be blessed.

 

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Children of the Burning Heart

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“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily-satisfied religionists, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart…

“Come near to the holy men and the holy women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God…

“David’s life was a torrent of spiritual desire, and His Psalms ring with the cry of the seeker and the glad shout of the finder…

“We have been snared in the coils of a spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him, we need no more seek Him…In the midst of this great chill, there are some, I rejoice to acknowledge, who will NOT be content with shallow logic. They will admit the force of the argument, and then turn away with tears to hunt some lonely place and pray, “O God, show me Thy glory!” They want to taste, to touch with their hearts, to see with their inner eyes the wonder that is God.”

A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, pp. 15-17