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The most frightening book I’ve read this year
To this point, I’ve read 42 books in the year. It’s just my pace. I listen to a lot of audiobooks when I’m traveling, so that adds up quick. It’s slower than a lot of people… and why am I justifying how many books I’ve read?
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True Authority
Supposing there was a different kind of authority. Supposing there was a different kind of power. A power that didn’t work by having an army at its back, and thugs to break down your door at five in the morning; a force that had nothing to do with violence, and everything to do with the strange compelling power of freedom…
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Set them free
23 Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 24 News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or…
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Away with fear
Fear drives politics. It raises money. It gets people turned toward an “enemy”… and then looking for “solutions.” This is not the way of the Kingdom of God.
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They’ve figured out what is wrong with American democracy
The Washington Post got to work and found out what is wrong with American democracy right now. They’ve narrowed it down to…
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The simplicity of the gospel
On our road trip, we’ve revisited Simply Christian by NT Wright on audiobook. It has helped reset my mind as I long more and more to be anchored to Christ. A book I picked up for the trip (physical copy of a book) is Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew Bates. It is similar in approach.
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Living in Babylon — the lessons of Babylon
Moving through Daniel 4 and 5 with two very different kings and their responses to God’s word to them I find one central truth: No matter the king, or the country, or the empire, or the system of government… NOTHING IS “TOO BIG TO FAIL” Daniel, a captive from a conquered country, served a God who would deal with Babylon…
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Jesus and political/economic views
There is a passage in Joshua where the Israelites are preparing to surround Jericho and Joshua sees a vision of man standing in front of him with a sword in his hand. He asks the man, “Are you with the enemy or with us?”
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Who was the neighbor
As I make my way through the end of the year in the daily readings, I am struck over and over by what IS in the Gospel and by what is NOT. The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 strikes that chord yet again. What is it to have eternal life? It is to love God and love…
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The way of the Father
The Kingdom of God is about flourishing. It is the abundant goodness of the Father flowing to humanity. We are to live like the Father.
Tag: Kingdom of God
