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Contrasting views on hatred and hell
I came across a post from a Christian nationalist and then a thought from Thomas Merton in New Seeds of Contemplation.
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Week 14: The affections of Christ can save us from culture wars
John 13:34–35 (CEB) 34 “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. 35 This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.” We seem to want culture wars, so I’m not sure this post will mean anything to a lot of…
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The synchronicity of God’s love
Synchronicity is a concept coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1950s to describe meaningful coincidences that appear to have no causal connection.
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Love in the Jesus Tradition
Nijay Gupta has this quote from Howard Thurman on the love of Christ: The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited: “Love your enemy. Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have an experience of the common sharing of mutual worth and value. It may be hazardous, but you must do it.
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The need to regain the true definition of love
I am not a sociologist and I offer this only as an illustration. When we don’t understand the deepest motives of our actions, the actions we think are “righteous” will die a quick death.
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Lost… and not knowing
I am digging into Dallas Willard’s newest release, The Scandal of the Kingdom. I am so thankful his family carries on his work! This is a book looking at key parables and how Jesus’ teaching scandalized the religious and secular world of his day… and continues to do so if we truly look at the implications of what Jesus is…
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We need to know each other
When a community loses its memory, its members no longer know one another. How can they know one another if they have forgotten or have never learned one another’s stories? If they do not know one another’s stories, how can they know whether or not they trust one another? People who do not trust one another do not help one…
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The command to love is our call
Our gospel reading for Sunday is John 15:9-17. NT Wright contrasts the texts of laying down one’s life for another and the abuse of that verse in the context of a nation sending soldiers to war.
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The vision of hope is grounded in love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8, NRSVue) I want to turn from exhaustion to hope. That is the way of love.
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The “richness” of God
God is rich. The place where he is described rich is Ephesians 2:4. The only description of God as “rich” is here. But God, being rich in mercy…
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