The reason we listen to individuals with receptivity and respect is that we never know whom the Spirit of Christ might choose to speak through on any given occasion.
03312 – Listen with Receptivity & Respect
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03308 – Call to Continuous Repentance
A degenerate tradition that can’t adjust but stays rigid and authoritarian—or a reactionary tradition that won’t adjust but becomes defensively fundamentalist—refuses Jesus’ call to continuous repentance. from A Thicker Jesus
03296 – Who is the Christian?
A surprisingly large number of Christians in the US will refuse to call you Christian if you actually follow the teachings and example of Jesus.
03290 – The Wild Son of God
Despite ongoing attempts to capture, tame and domesticate the wild Son of God, Jesus the Christ remains at large, wreaking havoc in stale, lifeless religion while enlivening the hearts and firing the imaginations of all who are even slightly open to him. Thanks be to...
03289 – The Church–Persecuted?
The church is not being persecuted in America. The church is being challenged to act like Jesus. Held accountable for not sounding like Jesus. And losing a generation who wants to follow Jesus.
03285 – A Loser’s Script
Many religious people think that it’s all a merit badge system—all achievement, accomplishment, performance, and perfection. The good people win and the bad people lose. Of course, once we cast anything as a win-lose scenario, the irony is that everybody loses. Why...
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Let Your mighty outstretched arm, O Lord, be my defense; Your mercy and loving-kindness in Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, our salvation; Your true word my instruction; the grace of Your life-giving Spirit my comfort and consolation, to the end and in the end; through...
03280 – To Pray is to Change
To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God, the more we see our need and the more we desire...
03266 – Where Does Jesus Show Up?
That I go to church does not mean I think that Jesus is only to be found there. It just means that he has promised to show up there in a manner that can help us discern how he shows up in other places.
03240 – Light in the Darkness
Jesus calls us to be light in the darkness, exposing those things that are not like God no matter where we find them, even in those organizations we greatly love. We are called to sit apart when those who stand together are disobedient to Him.