Monthly Archives: September 2021

Entering the Thick Darkness

A relationship of trust and remembered deliverance is the only safe way to enter the thick darkness of God’s presence. Left to our own devices, humanity leans toward servitude, forgetting what God has done for us while trusting ourselves and … Continue reading

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Notes-to-self for week ending September 3, 2021

• Following God is mental, emotional, and behavioral. • Since context matters, include context in interpretations. • Take responsibility for perception and keep developing its skills and improving its processes. • Be the church God’s way. • When thinking through … Continue reading

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His and Here

The essence of the church can only be understood in relation to God and the world. The church is persons in community in Christ, chosen and desired by God and set apart for him by him. She is a people … Continue reading

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Here to Image

While the church is still in time and under the sun, she is called to image God before creation and proclaim his salvation. The Church accomplishes this imaging in partnership with the Spirit, sending the aroma of God’s love out … Continue reading

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Evidenced by Love

Loving one another bears God’s image before the world, providing evidence that he is God and we are his. Spirit-enabled mutual love within the body of Christ proclaims God’s love before the world. So when the world sees our mutual … Continue reading

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