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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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Eugene Cho on Justice
Quote from “Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?” by Eugene Cho – “Justice is, in fact, the broadest, most consistent word the Bible uses to speak about what ought to be, and it has been used throughout the centuries by Christians and non-Christians alike to describe vital areas…
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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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Live Lives FULL of the Holy Spirit
Christians are people who dare to live in the power of the Holy Spirit, that is live lives out of control, coming to God dependent, empty-handed, lives driven by and accountable to someone more interesting than ourselves. — Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon, The Holy Spirit
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Holiness, Prayer, and the Holy Spirit
“Prayer is the crucial practice through which we are drawn into the life of the Trinity.” — Hauerwas and Willimon, The Holy Spirit In Romans 8 Paul talks about the Spirit interceding for us with deep groanings. With prayer, partnered with the Spirit, we are caught up into the life of God. “To be so ‘caught’ is to be made…
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Donald, Bernie, and Me
I love my church. I love their ability to think and disagree, and still love each other as we wrestle with the issues.
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Hard questions that create thirst
There is a place the Spirit calls and I am all too unwilling to walk.
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2016.02.28 – The Early Church and the Power of the Spirit
2016.02.28 – The Early Church and the Power of the Spirit A sermon from Heights Church. More information at HeightsChurchMN.org Subscribe in an RSS reader or on iTunes
