The “Beatitude Attitudes,” are so critical that Jesus spends the rest of his Sermon unpacking them. Possessing and practicing these Christ-like qualities propagates every good life quality God intend for us. One can hardly imagine a more succinct description of a Jesus-shaped life. Let’s imagine these eight attitudes as portals through which we enter, enjoy, …
Addicted to Positivity
Blessed are those who mourn. I’m a charismatic. Joyful songs, lifting hands, shouts of triumph along with some dancing peppered in when I have the strength are all part of my preferred hour (or two) of congregational worship. We “Spirit-filled” folk love services that we can experience palpably, while at the same time we tend …
How Hungry?
The kind of surpassing righteousness Jesus prescribes involves a daily dying to everything for which our lower selves clamor. The life he invites us into involves lugging around a heavy piece of timber designed for nothing short of execution of that lower self. Fortunately this execution is routinely followed by resurrection! Many Christians want to …
How to Break Up With Your Conspiracy Theory
“Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.” (Romans 12:2 - The Message) "When I was a child I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man I put childish ways behind me." (1 Corinthians 13 - …
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Gullibility Is Not A Spiritual Gift!
“Do not lose courage or be afraid because of the rumors you hear. Every year a different rumor spreads.” (Jeremiah 51:46 Good News Translation) I suppose you've noticed the bumper crop of conspiracies that have been attached to the Coronavirus crisis. I particularly love the one (in a satirical sense) that the vaccine being developed …
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