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Understanding (more of) the fine print
Last week we talked about the fine print — and a constitutional understanding of Scripture.
I’m really enjoying chewing on these ideas.
The whole idea brings me back to how Jesus had to keep clarifying the fine print, “You’ve heard it said before… but I say…”
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Emmanuel. God with us.
On this Christmas we remember….
Light came into the world and said,
“I will crush your darkness.”
Justice came into the world and said,
“I will proclaim your freedom.”
Peace came into the world and said,
“I will turn your conflict.”
The Word came into the world and said,
“I will call your name.”
Love came into the world and said,
“I will share [...]
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Obama, Jesus, War & Peace
Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he’s thirsty, get him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good. – Romans 12:20-21
I’ve been chewing on this [...]
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The Message of the Manger
Light looked down and saw the darkness.
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Jesus loves the little children
Why do we teach children – “Jesus loves the little children…” but then when they “grow up” we show them that Jesus doesn’t love them unless they fit certain requirements?
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight,
Jesus loves the little children of [...]
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Blessed are you…
A modern telling of the B-attitudes.. 140 characters at a time:
Blessed are those who don’t have it all together.
Blessed are those who have run out of strength, ideas, will power, resolve, or energy.
Blessed are those who ache because of how severely out of whack the world is.
Blessed are those stumble, trip, and fall in [...]
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Washing their feet
The story of Jesus washing the disciples feet doesn’t seem to fit into our modern western civilization.
We wear shoes or flip flops everywhere we go. And if our feet get dirty, there’s always a faucet nearby where we can wash them off and keep going.
But for some, that’s not always possible.
A mission team to [...]
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What is emergent? Trinitarian based values
Read Part 3 :: What is emergent? Missional
From what I’ve seen of the emerging conversation, Trinitarian based values aren’t something that come up on a daily basis, but a number of folks are pointed to it as one of the great strengths of the movement. In fact, I can’t think of it being mentioned in [...]
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Fill in the blank
Quick… take this well known passage and fill in your name in each of the blanks ::
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what [...]
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you first
the greatest joy in giving the greatest sacrifice…
we joined another part of the body of Christ this morning, so missed our usual gathering with encounter – but Brian brought it this morning for sure. watch the video (the message starts about 15 min in).
video on ustream
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