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Is God’s Love Different from Man’s?
I was reading this morning and came across something I just had to share. The book is “Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus” by Lois Tverberg. Here is the excerpt: Hesed: Long-Acting Love Hebrew has a word for lifelong … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia
Tagged christ, christianity, creation, god's holiness, god's love, jesus, judgment, love, mercy
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No Excuses
If the second half of Romans 1 is a helium balloon for the self-righteous, Romans 2 is a dart gun. Ouch! Here’s my paraphrase of my first section: Therefore you who judge others have no excuse, for you condemn yourself … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Romans
Tagged jesus, judgment, love, mercy, paul the apostle, romans 2, self-righteousness
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A Series on Hell
A series on hell . . . Fun stuff, huh? My friend Rachel DiPaulo, over at her blog, Stirring the Deep, just posted a series of four videos on the subject of hell. They’re each fairly short, so you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged brotherhood of man, christianity, fatherhood of god, heaven, hell, love, rob bell, universal reconciliation
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As Much as They Wanted (part 2)
In my last post I spoke of gratitude. It seems a social nicety so much of the time, but in fact, I’m beginning to see how it is a central player in our relationships with one another and especially with … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, holiness, John
Tagged feeding the 5000, gifts, gratitude, jesus, love
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What and Why is Worship?
A little interlude from my current series of posts: The little gathering of believers to which I belong has been discussing worship. What is it? How do we more consistently enter into it? Why do we need to do it? … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia, holiness, organic church, prophecy
Tagged hearing from god, holiness, love, praise, prayer, worship
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Don’t Awaken Love Before it Pleases
My friend Rachel just posted a great entry on her blog, Stirring the Deep. I’m linking it here for my daughter and all her young friends who are just coming out into the world, for my not-so-young friends who are … Continue reading
Posted in truth
Tagged finding a mate, jesus, love, marriage, matchmaking, relationships, seeking god, song of solomon
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Taki Goes Home (2)
The story starts here . . . Awakening Taki lay in the sun for hours . . . until there was nothing in the world but heat and hot ground and burning nostrils. Eventually, she allowed her muscles to relax … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia, house church, organic church
Tagged christianity, faith, freedom, jesus, love, rehabilitation
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So Who Needs Religion, Anyway?
Life From the Hand of God What is religion? That’s a hard one to answer because people define it in so many ways. If you look at Dictionary.com’s definitions, you’ll see a human-based system of doing what is defined in … Continue reading
The River at Home
Some time ago I had a dream about a river, and I never felt I got the full interpretation of it. A week or so ago, I was thinking about it again and I asked God to tell me more. … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia, house church, prophecy
Tagged holiness, jesus, love, organic church, purity, river of life
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The Beatitudes (Part 2)
If you haven’t read part 1, you probably should do that first. It’s here, and in addition to meditating on the first several beatitudes, it explains what I’m doing, which is essentially trying to hear from God as to what … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, prophecy
Tagged beatitudes, christ, faith, god, jesus, love, trust
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