Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • What do the children of light look like? Pt 3

    Part OnePart Two The deepest motivation is to do what is good and right. There is a deep pursuit of being habitually attuned to the heart of God, longing to do what is right in the Kingdom of God. There is attentiveness to what is the fruit of the Spirit because that is where their… Read more

  • What do the children of light look like? Pt 2

    Part One Here The emotional life is characterized by love Children of light love lots of good things. They love people. They love their own life and who they are. All of life comes from God, so whatever comes their way has purpose. Tough times in life are opportunities to learn more. Even if they… Read more

  • What do the children of light look like?

    I am working my way through Dallas Willard’s book, Renewing the Christian Mind, which was put together after his death by Gary Black, Jr. There is a chapter early in the book called “Living a Transformed Life” that is a deep synopsis of Willard’s thinking on discipleship. In it, Willard described what children of light… Read more

  • Perspective

    In a men’s Bible study we are working our way through Eugene Peterson’s book, Reversed Thunder, which is about the Book of Revelation. Peterson notes that John has a pressing question in front of him: “If the Kingdom of God is so real and so powerful, why are we still dealing with the evil of… Read more

  • The American “brand”

    “Protestant Christians set out to make America Christian and ended up making Christianity American.” – Stanley Hauerwas But, as we Americans know… we take something and improve it anyway! Read more

  • Key life questions

    I am reminded of key questions to keep in front of me from Dallas Willard: Read more

  • The problem of “bully” politics

    What can be learned from this history? There was for many of us in the mid-2010s a profound sense that something was missing in our common life in America. Material abundance seemed, as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn warned, inextricably bound up with spiritual poverty. The false human story told by many progressives and conservatives alike in the years… Read more

  • The long battle for justice

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  • Resisting powers need not be violent

    A 2023 study from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics found that 40 percent of both Biden and Trump supporters “at least somewhat believed the other side had become so extreme that it is acceptable to use violence to prevent them from achieving their goals.”  Read more

  • The natural and supernatural of human existence

    There is a paradox that lies in the very heart of human existence. It must be apprehended before any lasting happiness is possible in the soul of a man. The paradox is this: man’s nature, by itself, can do little or nothing to settle his most important problems. If we allow nothing but our natures,… Read more