My good friend submitted a comment on my post entitled “God.” I thought he raised some good questions, so I decided to make my reply a post where everyone could see it — perhaps there are others with similar thoughts and questions about my post and my intentions.
Tina, are you trying to engage [...]
I shouldn’t be writing on my blog today, I have a lot to do. But I just wanted to share about simple living and how counter-cultural that is. Jesus just wanted us to live this day and not worry about tomorrow. A book I recently read, the one with the provocative title that you would [...]
The Bible isn’t God. Communion isn’t God. Church isn’t God. I am not God.
The Bible is not divine. Communion is not divine. Church is not divine. I am not divine.
The Bible is not the final authority. Communion is not the final authority. Church is not the final authority. I am not the final authority.
God is [...]
We are significant because we are created in the image of God, by God. But we get that all wrong because our beliefs are wrong. We search our environments for affirmation of our significance (or lack thereof), and when we find it, we turn to God and offer the evidence to him as proof that [...]
Sometimes I think I just have to have someone to be mad at. A scapegoat, if you will, even though the scapegoat is supposed to be innocent.
Leviticus 16:20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He [...]
From time to time, I find and post old stuff I’ve written. This is one such stuff.
Do you believe that there is one specific God-appointed spokesman in your life? Some people believe that. That’s the “car” they’re following, if you read my previous post. Some people believe that they don’t have to do the work [...]
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Chris Harmon asked a good question. He wrote: “So I’m wondering since it was a little unclear when I read this - do you think we *should* be part of Christian academies (schools), godtube, christian bookstores, christian music, etc.?”
I thought perhaps my last post was a bit unclear, so let me clarify one aspect. I [...]
Much of our world is institutionalized. You know how Jesus said to be in the world but not of it? I really believe that means we’re supposed to disengage from systems and institutions as much as possible - institutions are the foundation of the systems of this world. The medical system, the school system, the [...]
Do you ever think about John 3:8? “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
I do. Today I read every commentary on John 3, and looked at this verse in every [...]
It’s hard to explain what’s been going on the last several months. There’s been a turmoil in my heart - no, somewhere deeper than that, so deep inside that I can’t reach it or identify it or explain it. It started with a breach in my family, that much I do know. Odd, because it [...]
