Tag: Mercy

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    Can you hear?

    I reflect back to Dallas Willard’s newest work, The Scandal of the Kingdom. Dallas worked to get to the heart of why Jesus used parables. The long and the short of it is this: God’s people have ears… but don’t listen. They have eyes… but refuse to see. We have our presuppositions of what the Kingdom is about and just…

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    Prayers as we vote

    A prayer against apathy God of empathy and compassion, we are grateful you do not sit idly by without concern for your people. In your deep love for us, you sent your only Son to walk among us, to know what it is to be human, and to suffer on our behalf. O Lord, as your humble servants, give us…

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    Jesus and the Power, Part 5

    What will you do with your life? The world needs kingdom-minded Christians now more than ever. This is from p. 89 of Jesus and the Powers, and it is a great question I have carried with me for over 30 years. Where does the Spirit want to have me active in the work of the Kingdom in this world? What…

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    Jesus and the Powers, Part 4

    In leading a discussion on this book, the first week gave me this observation for our group: they wanted detailed definitions and detailed actions. Here is the “problem” with the book (and, also, with how Jesus leads): no finite details are given. Beautifully, when it comes to “actions,” they readily admit this:

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    Dealers of hope

    I spent the first part of this week with a group of people who deal in hope. They are people who work in areas that minister to the margins. Anglicans who work in areas of justice and mercy. MORE HERE. Being around practitioners who are deeply rooted in the gospel is probably my favorite place to be. They work in…

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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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    Reset toward justice

    Isaiah 58 will be my grounding text for Lent. I can get caught up in fasting “correctly” and making sure I do some readings. What I am challenged in this season is the walk I have in this world.

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    A conversation between Bryan Stevenson and Tim Keller

    Learning to live in grace, justice, and mercy. A marvelous conversation.

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    The simplicity (and complexity) of the Kingdom of God

    This concept can’t be avoided in Scripture (though we do a good job of trying). The gospel, the Kingdom, is this simple (and yet, this difficult): “How long will you defend the unjustand show partiality to the wicked?Defend the weak and the fatherless;uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand…

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    The downside of evangelical American Christianity

    My reading has me in Micah for a few days and as I read it I get this picture of Israel that the prophets portray over and over. Israel is “weary” of serving God. They have some sense of obligation, but they are in love with the gods of the age and want to pursue other lovers. Yet, they know…