Category Archives: Theology

Passive-Aggression and Spiritual Maturity…

“I used love like money, but love doesn’t work like money. It is not a commodity. When we barter with it, we all lose. When the church does not love its enemies, it fuels their rage. It makes them hate us more.” [Don Miller, Blue Like Jazz]
When we are passive-aggressive, we tend to make snide,...

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The Sermon on the Mount: A Wordle…

The Sermon on the Mount [Matthew 5-7] :: A Wordle Compiliation

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Costly Grace…

Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a...

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A New Monasticism…

“…the restoration of the church will surely come only from a new type of monasticism which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in the discipleship of Christ. I think it is time to gather people...

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If Jesus Is Lord…

If one truly adheres to a monotheistic belief- that is the belief in one God- then every aspect of one’s life must fall under that God. It’s not just that God is one entity. That is the implication, but not the full message.
At the center and circumference of every significant Jesus movement there exists a...

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