Jesus couldn’t have been clearer. Faith is love, inclusion, servanthood, submission. People will always turn against the vulnerable. But they don’t get to call their behavior “Christian.” Love means feeding.
02779 – Love Means Feeding
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02773 – Loving Oneself
People who are unwilling to love themselves are incapable of giving and receiving love that is not toxic.
02768 – Liturgical Churches Misunderstood?
I was wrong and embarrassingly ignorant to assume--no, believe!--liturgical churches of any kind were dry & boring with meaningless rituals practiced by detached people and that liturgical churches (across the board!) did not value the Scriptures OR the gospel the...
02753 – Becoming CHRIST-like
Many Christians fail to grasp the basic point of the Bible: to follow Jesus. Unfortunately, many Christians love the Bible more than Jesus. They say things like “a biblical worldview” and “we’re a Bible-believing church” and “we believe in the Bible.” But in reality,...
02749 – Doing Evil
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.--------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: People never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
02748 – The Answer is “Yes!”
I’m mindful that for many of us, we have heard a lot of “no’s” in our lifetimes. Especially from people who think they are speaking for or defending God. Whether implicitly or explicitly, we’ve heard things like:"No, you’re not supposed to be asking questions like...
02734 – The Day will Come
The day will come...when people will once more be called to speak the word of God in such a way that the world is changed and renewed. It will be in a new language, perhaps quite nonreligious language, but liberating and redeeming like Jesus's language, so that people...
02717 – Shalom
The Hebrew term for peace is shalom, which is related to the word shleimut, meaning full or whole. Shalom requires radical inclusion — we can’t be whole unless everybody is included — and harmony — it can’t be peaceful unless all the diverse peoples commit to getting...
02714 – Defining Free Speech
Some people's idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.
02709 – Wannabes
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.