Tag: Mission
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Jesus’ Refusal
So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. John 6:15 When Jesus fed the multitude, the people wanted to make Him king. To do this would require force. They would have to “seize” Jesus, because He wanted…
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Beyond Tribalism
The arc of God’s redemptive energy within creation is directed toward the reuniting of all things. His divine work is generative oneness and unity, harmony, and peace. This is no goal outside of God, but rather the realization of God’s own nature of oneness eventually being expressed in everything. What was created “out from God”…
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Seeking Dominance
Jesus never asked us to defend Christian values. He wants us to live them. The church, Christ’s body, is not to be the architect nor enforcer of particular behaviors for the world at large. We are to love our neighbors, rather than by law and legislation to dictate how they must live. Unfortunately, for decades…