Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
[If you haven't read Part 1, I advise you to a take a few minutes to do so before reading on...] The second problematic tendency is the opposite of the first. Instead of disrespecting our brothers and sisters of another ilk, we respect them so much that we justify our weak points. We assume that …
Continue reading "The Missional, Merciful, Worshipful Christian (Part 2 of 4)"
Major League Baseball pundits drool over the “five-tool player” who can run like the wind, throw like a rocket launcher, hit for average like a machine, hit for power like Superman, and catch the ball like flypaper. OK, all that “like a” stuff I made up, but you get the point – to be a …
Continue reading "The Missional, Merciful, Worshipful Christian (part 1 of 4)"
When I decided to follow Jesus I immediately joined a church that was associated with a certain denomination, a year later I went to that denomination’s nearest Bible College, and over the next thirty-plus years I went on to plant and pastor three churches under that same movement’s covering. I have no beef with my …
The justifiably jealous lover… “I am a jealous God…” Exodus 20:5 “The Spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely…” James 4:5 The Lord is a “jealous lover.” Don’t you find it odd that jealousy is an iniquity for us but a quality for God? It’s because he knows that what’s best for us …
Continue reading "THE ANTIPHONAL SONG (God’s love received, reciprocated, and reflected) part 4"
[I highly recommend these books. Crabb's book is on dealing with suffering, Lamb's is about the difficulties we have with the Old Testament, and the ones by Cole are about how we do church and how we might do it better: Shattered Dreams... God Behaving Badly... Organic Church...] Shattered Dreams– God’s Unexpected Pathway to Joy, …
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