From that time Jesus began to preach saying, “Change the way you think because the divine reality is right here.” (LLT) Heaven isn’t a place. Heaven is a divine reality. The kingdom of heaven isn’t a reward. It is our true reality. The kingdom of God isn’t a place we go when we die. It is the substance of who we are.
Tag: trinity
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?
Inside out
John 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. In the last few posts I’ve tried to reveal our upside down thinking. In our fallen way of thinking we perceive a g.o.d. that is not the Abba that Jesus reveals. Nobody knew … Continue reading Inside out
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
Fiery Wrath of God!?
I don't know if you understand how much our way of thinking and processing has been hijacked. Really. Our insistence on good-bad fruit and socratic methods and Aristotelian cosmology and Neo-Platonism concepts have so messed up our heads we can't really "see" apart from His revelation. This is what John calls the darkness: John 1:5 The … Continue reading Fiery Wrath of God!?