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I am writing with our current political circumstances in mind, the day before a new President takes office in the U.S. He will do so in a nation deeply divided over Presidential politics. Many Christ following persons hold extreme opposite views from those of other brothers and sisters in Christ. Here’s how extreme: some feel …
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The Creator and Redeemer God passionately loves the world and all realities it entails past, present and future. The world created supremely good, then subject to futility and corruption through human disobedience, has never escaped God’s majestic and mysterious plans. Plans once unknown and beyond human imagining but then shockingly, powerfully and bodily manifested in …
Do we want the whole gospel? Or will we pick and choose gospel-elements that seem most helpful or pertinent to us? Will we settle for less than the Messiah Jesus intended in his life, death and resurrection? Or will we, by grace, pursue and expect a new way of living as human beings that requires …
Followers of Messiah Jesus know that the world is often upside down and inside out relative to the Kingdom of God. We expect therefore to encounter hatred not love; selfishness not sacrifice; violence not gentleness; and bearing of crosses not crowns. We expect this because we are followers of Jesus. In recent days, followers of …
Pandemics force us all to change, whether we like it or not. Among the most drastic changes are restrictions on travel, gathering with others, and going about our business—literally our means of livelihood but also our range of activities outside our homes. Pandemics claim our attention, require us to do life differently than before, and …
