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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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Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Humility in our day has fallen on hard times. Such can be said for most of the attributes of Christlikeness. But humility is especially embattled. The contrast between the world's perspective and that of Jesus is drawn with yet starker clarity when we substitute the word Jesus used to describe humility--meekness.
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Were you able to put yourself in the picture as I did, envisioning Jesus suddenly turning the world upside down where you live--be it office, factory, retirement home, school, store, small town, suburban neighborhood, city business district--with your being swept up in it too, like I was?
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
The Sermon on the Mount is astonishing on many levels. In three succinct chapters, Jesus outlined a revolutionary new morality which was henceforth intended to visibly characterize the life lived and the attitudes held by those who would call themselves his followers.
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
As I watch, gradually the scene before me begins to change...
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
One of the fascinating exchanges in the New Testament is recounted in the eighth chapter of Mark's gospel. In it we get a picture of Jesus' frustration with the disciples for not applying themselves to understand. To grasp it, we have to remember the storm at sea that took place after the feeding of the five thousand.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
The astonishing news is true!...
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Ours is a lethally superficial age. In an era of superhuman technological achievement, the facility to think judiciously is on the endangered skills list. Our computerized culture has rendered us dependent on machines to do our thinking for us.
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
I follow the silent procession to the funeral parlor belonging to a family friend named Joe who has offered its use without charge...
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
There may be those who wonder, when reading some of the Commands: When did Jesus ever say that? I don't remember reading those words in the New Testament.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Mortified at what I have done to this one who has given so much, who has given me life itself--denying him when he needed me most, following from a distance, pretending not even to know him--I approach the gruesome scence...