Heaven Is Not Your Destination
Is heaven really where you go when you die? A biblical and historical case that heaven is the source – not the destination – of God’s Kingdom.
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What Can a Follower of Jesus Do When America Is Failing?
What do we do when our government becomes untrustworthy? I’ve been wrestling with this question for a while now. And everything I see coming convinces me that we’re in for a REALLY rough ride in the near future. So what do we do about it? I have some ideas that won’t fix any of our nation’s problems – but they will give us a roadmap for bringing the love of God to those around us, even as the darkness grows.
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A Seat on the Beast
Today’s American evangelical church is in deep danger, and doesn’t realize it. She thinks she is sitting astride the throne of power, finally able to impose her will on her society. But in reality, she’s sitting astride a filthy beast that is already turning to devour her, at the very command of God.
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Incarnating the Divine
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done” is our privilege to bring into existence. We can incarnate the Divine to those around us, instead of waiting for Jesus to come back someday in the future.
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Too Big To Succeed
In light of the TNE GRACE report, I was thinking about how large organizations, especially religious, seem to inherently breed narcissism and abusive leadership, especially when the organization gets so large that people cover up bad behavior rather than risk toppling the hero leaders.
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Saying Goodbye to a Thanos Theology
Are we humans about to be bailed out of this mess of a world, or is our responsibility to fix it? I used to think Jesus would fix it instantly. But lately, I’ve concluded God gave us the authority and the power to redeem the earth ourselves, and we’re in it for the long haul.
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Living in a Pluralistic World
Like it or not, America is pluralistic. What will it take to get along with people who are very much unlike us, while staying true to our sense of righteousness and holiness? I suggest that the answer is remembering that Jesus’ Kingdom is not of this world – or of our nation.
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The Calculus of Faith
Working out our faith shares some similarities with an esoteric and advanced form of calculus called “transforms.” Sometimes to solve a problem, you have to do the hard work in a completely different reference frame, and then transform the result back into our day-to-day frame.
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The Good Fruit of Universal Reconciliation
There’s a lot of really good fruit in the doctrine of universal reconciliation. I think it’s worth carefully thinking through how our view of personal eschatology changes us and our witness to the world around us, and affects how we relate to one another as believers.
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The Fruit of Hell
(Listen to this post on our Spotify podcast or watch it on our YouTube channel!) Over the years, I’ve learned how my mind processes new data, and I’ve found that I’m a combination of an early adopter and a late adopter. Specifically, I tend to be slow to actually accept that I’ve changed my mind,