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Discipleship
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Discipleship, The Church
Is Jesus Enough?
08.03.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsSatisfaction, the contemporary philosopher Mick Jagger reminds us, is hard to find. Our culture has become the unsatisfied culture, an insatiable culture. Faced with more information than ever before, we hunger for it like animals: news and “news” (by which I mean gossip). With more options for entertainment than ever before, we grow bored and […]
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Blogs, Family & Friends, Discipleship
Dirty Hookers in the House of God
My brother’s newest post gets at the heart of our sinning cycle, revealing its ties to the oldest profession.
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Bible, Discipleship
Martin Luther: The Resurrection and This Life
04.03.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIn my continuing reflection on the Resurrection, I’ve had the joy of reading several comments. In his comment on my “Resurrection Matters” post, my friend Derek writes:
I believe we need to recover the material aspect of obedience to God’s law without being legalistic. I mean this as a correction to a far too spiritualized idea […] -
Theology, Discipleship
Passions Tamed at Passion ‘07
01.08.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHow many young (or old) people have been robbed of radical dreaming by the guilt that comes from sexual failure? I’m sure the number isn’t small. Sometimes that guilt leads to a paralysis of passion and promise. We might refuse to say “Here am I, send me!” out of shame or fear of discovery or […]
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Discipleship
Walking Well-Worn Paths
From an article in Leadership:
“We want to make the spiritual practices gritty and normal, not just mystical.”
This from Doug Pagitt, pastor of Solomon’s Porch. Isn’t that what we do too often? Push the disciplines into that mystical haze along with Communion and “worship.” The simple fact of the matter, though, is that for our founder, […]
