Beware of Christians who literalize the words of Revelation about burning suns and seven-headed dragons, but spiritualize the words of Jesus about helping the poor, oppressed, and marginalized.
03867 – Literalize vs. Spiritualize
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01402 – “It’s Not about Me”
I think Jesus would have said, "It's not about me." During his lifetime, he deflected attention from himself. In an illuminating passage in our earliest gospel, when a man addressed him as "Good Teacher," Jesus responded with, "Why do you call me good? No one is good...
01275 – “Messages in Song”
The use of song as a vehicle for conveying the Word of God has biblical precedent. It comes from a vignette near the end of the Israelite wandering in the wilderness. Moses and Joshua were summoned to the Tent of Meeting to receive final instructions from God before...
01154 – We See What We Believe
If we are to recognize the ultimate person on our own Emmaus Road we need a heightened awareness. We need to have a sense of expectancy day by day that Jesus will reveal Himself to us. Expect the unexpected. Psychologists are telling us now that we don't believe what...
01081 – The New Design; the Next Paradigm
To be alive at this time means to be caught in the great unraveling that strands us near all the loose threads of creation; but it also means to be close to the revelation of the new design and the next paradigm.
01075 – Masculine-Only Images for God are Inadequate
The Bible does not limit God to masculine images. God as Father is not the only image in Scripture. Faithfulness to the complete biblical revelation leads us to include other images. Opening our minds to new ideas can be scary at first. Growing up I learned that God...
00894 – Music is a Higher Revelation
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
00784 – True Worship: “Yes, Lord”
True Worship is not a peculiar practice in a particular place. True worship is the whole person saying, “Yes, Lord” in response to the self-revelation of God in Jesus Christ. from Hearts on Pilgrimage
00733 – Worship as Conversation
Worship is a conversation between the God of revelation and people in need of redemption.
00707 – When a Church Gathers for Worship
When a church gathers for worship, “the proclamation of the divine agape is [its] first and fundamental task.” Worship resounds with announcements of the revelation of God upon which it is founded and to which is is a response. from The Gift of Worship