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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 of Gregory Boyd. Here is a wonderful excerpt from this teaching from Gregory Boyd: ~~~~~~ Judgment always blocks love, which is why the tree of the [...]
I am SO very sorry. I have been judgmental where I should not have been. I’m not sure for how long; but I have been. I have hurt a number of people over the years, friends who would do anything for me, friends who loved me unconditionally, in spite of my “convictions” or decisions. This [...]
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