A Good Parent
God does not lead the soul by shaming it, just as a good parent would not shame his or her child. It doesn’t work anyway. We all have done it…
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Avoiding Exclusion
The church was meant to be that group that constantly went to the edges, to the least of the brothers and sisters, and even to the enemy. Jesus was not…
God’s Favorite!
Human love is largely determined by the attractiveness of the object. When someone is nice, good, not high-maintenance, physically attractive, important, or has a nice personality, we find it much…
Cosmic Hope
Christ Crucified is all the hidden, private, tragic pain of history made public and given over to God. Christ Resurrected is all suffering received, loved, and transformed by an all-caring…
Enticed Through Love
God always entices you through love. You were probably taught that God would love you if and when you changed. In fact, God loves you so that you can change.…
Not If, But When
As I have often said, salvation is not a question of if, but when. Once you see with God’s eyes, you will see all things and enjoy all things in…
Love and Suffering
In the practical order of life, if we have never loved deeply or suffered deeply, we are unable to understand spiritual things at any depth. Any healthy and “true” religion…
The Big Thing
I would insist that the foundation of Jesus’s social program is what I will call non-idolatry, or the withdrawing of your enthrallment from all kingdoms except the Kingdom of God.…
Infinite Grace for All
As long as you operate inside any scarcity model, there will never be enough God or grace to go around. Jesus came to undo our notions of scarcity and tip…
Outdoing Sin With Love
The church was meant to be an alternative society in the grip of an altogether different story line. Restorative justice is used in new Zealand as the primary juvenile justice…