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In and through Jesus, God has launched a new world referred to in the New Testament as the kingdom of God. The theme of the kingdom of God was central to Jesus’ life and ministry and sought to answer the question…Read More→
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The Church should always center its identity, activity, and witness in Jesus who defines the life of the ecclesia (gathering). As a result, the gathered community of Jesus-followers are a people who reflect, imitate, and live the life of Jesus…Read More→
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To err is human; to forgive is divine. Our society is bent on retribution and revenge. “I don’t get mad, I get even” seems to illustrate the prevailing consensus in the world, while the qualities of grace and forgiveness appears…Read More→
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“When we have our lives oriented on religious identity instead of in Jesus alone, we encounter a massive obstacle in our path.” – Benjamin L. Corey, Undiluted. One of the biggest challenges we will ever face in life will come…Read More→
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The idea of removing oneself from the darkness and pain of the world was never a life Jesus entertained. Instead, over and over again in the Gospel accounts we see a Jesus who intentionally immersed himself within the darkness of…Read More→
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There are a plethora of voices across the church spectrum that speak to what a healthy church should look like. While no doubt many of these books, articles and blog posts all contain many helpful ideas, I think the book,…Read More→
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When we reduce the gospel story to salvation and salvation to personal forgiveness and personal forgiveness to a plan of salvation that focuses exclusively on getting people to make a decision (what Dallas Willard referred to in The Divine Conspiracy…Read More→
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“Religious experience needs good theology the way a traveler needs a reliable map. A traveler with lots of enthusiasm but no map for the journey is a dangerous person to travel with. Together you can get hopelessly lost.” – Clark…Read More→
When looking back over your life, have there ever been moments when you reflect on something you once believed and you immediately experience a degree of disdain over the fact that you actually believed it, even to the brink of…Read More→
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When good comes from bad, it doesn’t mean that the bad was part of God’s design; that God orchestrated it or needed it. It simply means that God has the unique ability to take the bad, redeem it, and bring…Read More→