Chosen to Love
Think of the many, many stories about God choosing people. There are Moses, Abraham, and Sarah. There are David, Jeremiah, Gideon, Samuel, Jonah, and Isaiah. There is Israel itself. Much…
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Your Journey Matters.
Nothing will be wasted; all has been forgiven; nothing will be used against you. In fact, God will even use your sins to transform you!… Your journey matters, and God’s…
Mercy to All
From that point on, poor Jonah is simultaneously angry, lamenting, and praising Yahweh for four full chapters. His problem is that he cannot move beyond a dualistic reward-punishment worldview. Jonah…
The Sin
The sin warned against at the very beginning of the Bible is “to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:17). It does not sound…
Always about Love
The great patterns are always the same. It’s either fear or love. It’s either illusion or love. It’s either self-protection or love. Healthy religion is always about love. All we…
Witnesses to Resurrection
It is very interesting to me that the New Testament only “sends out” those (apostolos) who can be “witnesses to resurrection” (Luke 24:48, Acts 1:22, 3:15b, 13:31), that is, witnesses…
Start with Humility
I would go so far as to say that any worship service that does not begin with a sincere and plaintive kyrie eleison had best be very careful. The plea…
Breaking Through
That’s what we mean when we say Jesus had to die for us. It’s not that he had to literally pay God some price, which makes God appear rather petty…
If God Can
We sing, Holy, Holy, Holy. We say, “Yes, yes, it is good.” We are energized by what we see. And our private darkness is no great surprise. Who cares? Who…
Go High
If our postmodern world seems highly subject to cynicism, skepticism, and what it does not believe in, if we now live in a post-truth America, then we “believers” must take…