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Category Archives: Theology
WE are the fullness of Christ on the earth
When people tell me they love Jesus but don’t need the church it immediately tells me two things. One, they don’t trust people and, two, they don’t understand what it means to be in Christ. Actually, you can’t even be … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Sonship, Theology
Tagged Body of Christ, Christianity, Jesus, joy, Spiritual maturity, The Church
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Evangelical Arianism
I’ve added this video as a supplement to my last post because who we say Christ is, and understanding our union with Him, is critically important to understanding the good news that brings great joy. A lot of people don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Theology
Tagged Arianism, Christianity, Christology, Jesus, John Crowder, Trinity
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Do you love yourself?
Do you have a healthy self-love? Because if you don’t, it will be very hard for you not to judge others and live on a life-sucking performance treadmill. Let me be clear. When I speak of self-love, I’m not talking about … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Heaven on earth, Identity, Love, Theology
Tagged Christianity, Jesus, self-love, The Great Commandment
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Living from Joy
Last time I mentioned that joy is found in relationships. You might wonder why this is so. First, psychologically speaking, as Dr. Wilder points out in the video clip, we bond at a very early age. It happens in the … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Freedom, Love, Theology
Tagged Christianity, Discipleship, Father's love, Intimacy with God, Jesus, joy, Living from joy
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Jesus Christ IS the Truth
We’ve been looking at how knowing facts does not necessarily mean we know the truth. As I said last time, truth, in the deepest sense, is when we not only know the facts but understand their meaning and significance. One … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Identity, Theology
Tagged Christianity, Christology, Jesus, transformation, Truth
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Girard and the trajectory of Scriptural revelation
Something I’ve said for a long time now is that you cannot properly understand the Bible without Jesus interpreting it for you. Yet, many Christians read the Bible indiscriminately, as if Jesus never happened. Historically, and even to this day, … Continue reading
Christianity: The Founding Murder in Reverse
I talked about what René Girard calls the “scapegoat mechanism” that’s alive and well in human beings last time. This insidious desire is at the bottom of what poisons everything. This time I would like to look at what he … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Theology
Tagged atonement, Christianity, Cross of Christ, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, René Girard, Scapegoating, Violence
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Dogmatism and the human delete key
I’ve noticed (or confirmed) something very interesting in my recent dialogue with atheists and skeptics about classical theology and philosophy. Like the dogmatic religious Fundamentalist, the atheist or skeptics also have their dogmatism and Fundamentalism. But what this actually reveals is … Continue reading
In My Father's House 