{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Kingdom Writers: A Podcast for Christian Writers of All Genres","title":"Permission To Turn Up The Volume","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1376,"description":"Permission To Turn Up The Volume\nRead Luke 19:28-40\nIt is more likely that inanimate objects like rocks would cry out to Jesus in worship than for the King of kings to enter his capital city without honor.\nJesus encouraged the joyful praise of the people, He didn't suppress it. But how quickly things would change in less than a week, as many of these same people would yell, \"Crucify!\"\nHuman beings created in God's image make much better worshippers than mere rocks.\n- Line in the movie Troy by Achilles when fighting Hector.\nA few other instances of inanimate objects crying out in praise:\n\"Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob. He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.\" - Psalms‬ ‭114‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬\n\"You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!\" - Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭12‬ ‭NLT\n\"Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars! Praise him, skies above! Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!\" - Psalms‬ ‭148‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬\n\"mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds, kings of the earth and all people, rulers and judges of the earth, young men and young women, old men and children. Let them all praise the name of the Lord. For his name is very great; his glory towers over the earth and heaven! He has made his people strong, honoring his faithful ones— the people of Israel who are close to him. Praise the Lord!\" - Psalms‬ ‭148‬:‭9‬-‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬\nAs Kingdom Writers, may our written words give others permission to turn up the volume and burst into cheers with the joyful praise that our King Jesus is due. Let's not give rocks any reason to cry out.\nOur joyful praise and worship now is practice for the future coronation of our King in that same city of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1jiEMtb6g77qA3rjoiabk_jVea27mvcW8PQPO9DV7_s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMWJi/YmYxM2E2NzViZjhh/NGVlNmI0NDY4ZTMx/ZmEzOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}