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Dedicated to the legacy of bold thinking Christianity through the writings of George MacDonald and Michael Phillips.
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Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
The command to "turn the other cheek," which we considered earlier as Let people injure you without retaliating, is actually a two-part command.
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Some of the commands are more difficult to write about, and personally for me to feel that I have laid hold of in a helpful way, than others. This is one of those.
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
All the Commands are subject to misunderstanding, overemphasis, and underemphasis. The Commands of Jesus can be taken so out of context and misapplied, that they can even become false gods and idols that blind vision from the true nature of the Commands.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Giving comes in many forms. The least important may be financial giving. That is not to say that financial generosity is unimportant, only that it may be far down the list of virtues emphasized in the New Testament.
Monday Oct 17, 2016
Monday Oct 17, 2016
As we have noted before, many of Jesus' specific words must be broadened to incorporate the fullness of what he intended as Commands of obedience upon his followers.
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Friday Oct 14, 2016
This may appear on the surface to be identical with the first command: Obey my Commands. From Jesus' conversation with the man we call the "rich young ruler," however, the inference can be made that Jesus is specifically speaking of the Ten Commandments of Exodus 20.
Thursday Oct 13, 2016
Thursday Oct 13, 2016
Judy and I try to live by a maxim which is simply stated: If you are not part o f the problem, and not potentially part of the solution, stay out of it.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016
Jesus often couched his teachings in the form of metaphors and parables for the curious purpose, if we are to take him at his word, of preventing those who are not in earnest about obeying him from understanding him.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
Foolishness and wisdom are mirror opposite traits about which it is easy to make several wrong assumptions. The most serious of these is the assumption that both are somehow inborn.
Monday Oct 10, 2016
Monday Oct 10, 2016
Giving, for many Christians, is founded on legalistic obligation based on the Old Testament tithe. It is doubtful, however, that a strong case can be made in the New Testament for the perpetuation of the tithe as commonly taught.