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The DEEP cost of folowing Jesus
It turns out Jesus really means it when he says to folllow him! Not just when it is convenient, but when it is hard. It is ot just about blessing friends.. but blessing enemies as well. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Where in the world is there greater need, where are deeper wounds and pain than those of our enemies? Where is doing…
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Treasure
Jesus goes right after our idols. He goes after our treasures. He need full surrender, not just correct answers. Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Mark 10:21, NIV)
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Words that sound incredibly strange from Bonhoeffer
The way to wholeness and healing is to recognize there is a sickness.
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There really isn’t “personal” sin
Every act of self-discipline by a Christian is also a service to the community. Conversely, there is no sin in thought, word, or deed, no matter how personal or secret, that does not harm the whole community. When the cause of an illness gets into one’s body, whether or not anyone knows where it comes from, or in what member…
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The demanding of signs
Mar 8:11 — Mar 8:13 (ESV) 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 And he left…
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The ABUNDANCE of his goodness
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Community of Christ
Whoever cannot be alone should beware of community. Whoever cannot stand being in community should beware of being alone. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the…
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The powerful promises of God
There are times I am so glad I made notes in my digital Bibles and dated them. They are reminding me of precious promises given not that long ago and they call me to HOLD ON and press in! Harvest is coming! This was the passage: Psa 92:12 — Psa 92:14 (CEB) 12 The righteous will spring up like a…
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Bonhoeffer on Christian Community
Every human idealized image that is brought into the Christian community is a hindrance to genuine community and must be broken up so that genuine community can survive. Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest,…
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Hard questions that create thirst
There is a place the Spirit calls and I am all too unwilling to walk.
Category: Lent
