Too many churches love their comfort more than their mission.
01788 – Churches & Their Loves
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01781 – Hell is Not God’s Choice
Often hell is portrayed as a place of punishment and heaven as a place of reward. But this concept easily leads us to think about God as either a policeman, who tries to catch us when we make a mistake and send us to prison when our mistakes become too big, or a Santa...
01758 – The Beginning of Love
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
01756 – Deterioration of Religion
The separation of faith and love is always a consequence of a deterioration of religion.
01752 – Church as Service Provider?
Consumerism turned the Church into a service provider: "I want good preaching" "I want amazing worship" "I want great kids' programs" Would we go to Church if it was just a bunch of ragamuffin Jesus-followers gathering around a table, trying to love God and love...
01751 – Loving Each Other, Still
We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.
01750 – Anger Can be Positive or Negative
Anger is an organic, living thing, and so is love. If we know how to handle our anger it can turn into love, just as when we know how to take care of our compost, we can transform it into a beautiful rose. Is garbage negative or positive? It can be positive, if we...
01747 – The Opposite of Despair is Hope
If God doesn't give up on us, we had better not despair of ourselves. We can always do better--especially if we remember the opposite of despair is not optimism but hope. Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts. But...
01734 – White Supremacy is Evil
White supremacy is evil...the apostle John wrote to the church that we cannot possibly love a God that we cannot see if we do not love our brothers and sisters who we can see.
01715 – Evangelical Identity
When evangelicals are being true to their identity, they do whatever it takes to express their love for God and God's love for their neighbors--however unconventional and innovative their methods might be. In this way evangelicals are surprisingly...