John 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. (ESV) What happened in the Garden of Eden was tragic in so many ways. The root was the fruit. The consumption of the fruit of the tree so messed up our psyche that … Continue reading The Schism Within
Category: Grace
We need more confessing!
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (ESV) This is easily the most misunderstood and misused verse in the New Testament. Without a doubt the evangelical conservative western church pounds people with a perverse fear of a … Continue reading We need more confessing!
Common Ground
Humans are really quite interesting and often very predictable. I've always been a people watcher. One of my observations is how people interact by finding common ground. Sometimes it is like a race to see where stories overlap so a deeper probing can happen. Two people who don't know each other often begin a conversation … Continue reading Common Ground
Are you up to the task?
Have you every known someone who was one of those "my way or the highway" kind of people. I don't mean it as a judgment but an observation. In the Navy I had the "privilege" of working for some that were very much the "my way or the highway" leaders. You can get away with … Continue reading Are you up to the task?
Upside down thinking – part 2
Is it possible that God's approach and view and understanding of all things is so different from ours that the incarnation is less about a "delusion derived chasm crossing" than it is about a "revolutionary way of thinking?" When we see the relational beauty of the Trinity, a God emerges that we thought was the stuff of fiction and … Continue reading Upside down thinking – part 2
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