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The Ultimate Immune System
As we navigate our lives through a most unusual and stress-filled year, it’s good to take time to focus in on what’s most important for a healthy and vibrant life. We may be sheltering in place to keep ourselves safe … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Grace, Heaven on earth, Sonship
Tagged Christianity, Covid-19, Depression, Fear, Health, joy, Overcoming life, Relationship, Vibrant life in Christ
9 Comments
Not what you know but WHO you know
Eternal life is not about a place, it’s about a Person. It’s not about what you know but Who you know. It’s not based on believing the right things, although believing them is important, it’s about experientially knowing God as … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Heaven on earth, Identity
Tagged Christianity, Eternal life, Jesus, Relationship, transformation, Truth, unity of the faith
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Joy frees us from our counterfeit self
When we don’t find joy and bliss from our relationships we will look for it in counterfeits and live from fear rather than love. These counterfeits can show up in addictions and looking for love in all the wrong places, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Grace, Identity, Love
Tagged Christianity, joy, Living from joy, Relationship, transformation
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The Trinitarian God – Part Seven
The following from Jesuit, Karl Rahner, is a sad commentary on the Western church today. He said, “We must be willing to admit that, should the doctrine of the Trinity have to be dropped as false, the major part of … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Father Heart of God, Love, Sonship
Tagged Christianity, Dualism, Relationship, Religion and Spirituality, The Trinitarian God, Trinity
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The Trinitarian God – Part One
As Christians, when we define what God is like we are, first and foremost, talking about relationship. God is love (1 John 4:8), which requires Him being in relationship within Himself apart from His creation. Otherwise, His love would be … Continue reading
Religion vs. following Jesus
Religion is about us inviting God into our life; following Jesus is about Him inviting us into His life. I don’t believe in religion.
Posted in Grace, Reformation
Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Relationship, Religion and Spirituality, Subversive Kingdom
164 Comments
Why we should meditate on these things
Why is it that we prefer bad news to good news? (If you doubt this, just watch the news!) Why do we tend to think the worst of people when we hear a tale instead of thinking the best of … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Love
Tagged Christianity, positive thinking, Relationship, Religion and Spirituality, transformation
16 Comments
Help me let you go
There’s a new United Pursuit album coming out this week titled “Tell All My Friends,” and if the song “Let You Go” is any indication, it should be a good one. I love the soulful spiritual genre of the song, but even more, I … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Worship
Tagged Christianity, Disciple Shift, Let You Go, Narcissism, Relationship, Religion and Spirituality, Sonshift, Surrender, transformation, United Pursuit
6 Comments
Romance, heroism…and glory!
One of the many things my wife, Maureen, has helped me to understand is the value of love stories and romance. Over the last 37 years I’ve known her, I’ve seen dozens of “chick flicks.” I’ve also had advanced classical training in … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Love, Sonship
Tagged Christianity, glory, Heroism, Intimacy with God, No fear in love, Relationship, Romance, transformation
12 Comments
The incarnation of Christ – Part Two
When we start with Christ’s death, do we end up missing the whole point of His birth? I asked that question in part one, where we started looking at the incarnation of Christ. To order to understand Jesus’ birth, we must first lay … Continue reading