In previous post I made public apology for becoming so judgmental in my life. I attribute much of my discovery of this new focus on a Gospel of love to the writings ...
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How to Avoid Proof Texting (Part 1)
Church learders are the most guilty of creating beliefs that do not take into consideration ALL the scriptures on a certain topic. Usually they do this by “teaching” from a pre-conceived idea or a negative experience, or an opinion, which is already in place — and then they open the Bible. ~~~~~~~~~~~ In a previous post I [...]
Gossip Guns and Relationship Suicide
(Disclaimer: I wrote this about a year ago. And I wrote this to me, to you, to the church, to churches, to leaders, to shepherds, and friends; but mostly to me. I am deeply sorry for any time that I have participated in gossip and now beg the Spirit of God to change me more [...]
Legalism, License, Lordship, and Liberty by Viola [Repost - Cause it's awesome!]
APRIL 5, 2011 IN SPIRITUALITY WITH 41 COMMENTS ***Prelude: This blog post is an introduction to a subject; it is not a complete statement. The book delves deeper.*** When my editor read the pre-publication manuscript of REVISE US AGAIN, he told me that the chapter called “The Three Gospels” had a huge impact on him. “History,” Martin Luther [...]
Galatians Verse by Verse – sort of, Chapter 1
I love the book of Galatians. Recently, at least, it and the Gospels, have been my favorite. I love how Paul starts out: To the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the [...]
one mediator between God and mankind
You’ve probably heard it before on TV or in a Movie. It’s a fairly popular saying: “If you want to get to her you’ll have to go through ME!” That’s a threat, of course. But it is not a threat if the person saying it has the authority and muscle to back it up! I [...]
Do you agree or disagree with your opinions??
My dad has put me in my place more times than anyone else on planet earth. And so it should be. But I’ll never forget the time he asked me the following question: “Son, do you agree or disagree with your own opinions?” I was fresh out of Bible college and knew pretty much everything. [...]
Rethinking Christian Unity by Frank Viola
Excerpt from his blog here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachel Held Evans kindly asked me to participate in her “Rally to Restore Unity.” What follows is my contribution. – One of my favorite stories is about the great evangelist D.L. Moody when he attended an “Exclusive” Plymouth Brethren convention. The conference hosts had put up a large banner [...]
Back Alley of Judgementalism
If we are honest we must admit there is a bit of all four roads in each of us. It’s just not that black and white. ~~~~~ In the video below one of my favorite authors, Francis Chan, describes a new “middle road,” where Christians don’t have to really “DO” what Jesus did. The audience [...]
read the Bible for yourself
Why do I often paste scripture as a blog post? Can’t you read the Bible for yourself? I post scripture for two reasons: I just get so excited about a passage that I can’t help but share it! I hope that a little scripture as a post is an encouragement to dig into the scriptures [...]
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan I’ve got my friend Benjamin to thank for referring this awesome book to me! Wow, what a read. It’s more than a “read,” actually. If you let this one go in (and I’m gonna have to read it again to get even some of it [...]
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