Only when we live and see through God’s eyes can “everything belong.” All other systems exclude, expel, punish, and protect to find identity for their members in some kind of ideological perfection or purity.
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Jesus’ Justice Agenda
Jesus’ basic justice agenda was simple living, humility, and love of neighbor. We all have to live this way ourselves. From that position, God can do God’s work rather easily.
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Less Is Really More
Less really is more. Only those who have nothing to prove and nothing to protect, those who have enough space in them to embrace every part of their own soul, can receive the Christ.
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Meaning Never Inherent Solely In Words
To say this much is to approach one of the great findings of modern philosophers and students of literature, namely, that meaning is never inherent solely in the words of a text. Rather, meaning derives from an interaction between text and reader, or speaker and listener; that is to say, the meaning of a text always depends in some measure on the set of assumptions about the text that a particular reader/ listener carries with him or her.From: a.co/fZQVUyz
Slaves To Whatever Masters Them
For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for people are slaves to whatever masters them.
2 Peter 2:19-20
Following Jesus Left Untried
G.K. Chesterton once said, “It’s not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; it’s that it has been found difficult and left untried.” 2
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Manipulation
“Let him begin by treating patriotism… as a part of his religion. Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to regard it as the most important part. Then quietly and gradually nurse him on to the stage at which the religion becomes merely a part of the ‘cause,’ in which Christianity is valued chiefly because of the excellent arguments it can produce…” – C.S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters, Chapter 7
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Follow The Way
American Christians are seeking to impact their culture through the legislative power of the State, rather than by actually loving, living, and serving the way Jesus commanded.
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Your God Or Jesus’s
Much of Christian history has manifested a very different god than the one Jesus revealed and represented. Jesus tells us to love our enemies, but this “cultural” god sure doesn’t. Jesus tells us to forgive “seventy times seven” times, but this god doesn’t. Instead, this god burns people for all eternity.
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Daryl Madden: Unlearn
Last month I wrote a blog post inspired by Luke 18:15-17 that notes a teaching in this passage for adults is that we need to unlearn many of the things we believe about the world and God. Poet Daryl Madden has written a poem called Unlearn that, as poetry tends to do, conveys what I was writing in a more memorable way. After reading this poem you might consider subscribing to the site, you will get one of Daryl’s poems sent to your email each day.
Learning From Others, Seeking The Way 