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Daily With King Jesus
During Lent, I started a daily practice of prayer and scripture from two podcasts presented by Forward Movement. This new way of adoring Jesus each day has been uplifting. • A Morning at the Office: Daily Morning Prayer podcast which includes all three readings as well as bonus prayers. • An Evening at Prayer: Daily Evening Prayer
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With Book Recommendation
I recently read and highly recommend: With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani First posted August 27, 2022
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“America First” Pondering
King Jesus never said, “America First.” “America First” is unbiblical. ================== After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, Revelation 7:9 ESV
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Chaos, Order and Jordan Peterson Pondering
Jordan Peterson wrote, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life. The simple idea I received was that if you integrate into your life a dozen or two dozen rules that your life or the culture will go from chaos to order. Since many followers of King
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Wrong Rabbi Pondering
If we find that the words from our mouth in our discussions sound more like the power, judgment, and self-righteousness of the Pharisees instead of the love, justice and mercy of Jesus, we might be following the wrong rabbi. First posted April 22, 2022
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“Christian Nationalism” Pondering
In this blog, I try to emphasize that we need to be careful calling people “heretics” whenever we disagree on minor theological points. I view the creeds as a pattern for determining orthodoxy or the major theological points. But, I have been pondering about the growth of “Christian Nationalism” in America and other countries. To
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Another Out Of Context Verse Pondering
I hear Matthew 18:20 taken out of context and used often by American Evangelicals to mean something I do not think even they really mean. Here is the verse. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.’ NRSVA I do not think people really believe that Jesus is
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Biblical Inerrancy Revisited
I posted earlier some of my thoughts on Biblical inerrancy. Michael Bird does a much better job at https://michaelfbird.substack.com/p/saving-inerrancy-from-the-americans Here are some highlights from his post, but you should read them in context to be fair. “However, in some circles of American evangelicalism, inerrancy is more than a useful doctrine, it is the center and
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Religious Exemption Pondering?
I have heard of some people claiming a religious exemption from receiving a vaccine. I am baffled. I have been a citizen of King Jesus’s kingdom for many years. I have read the Bible, cover to cover, several times. I have a Master of Theology from a very conservative theological school. I have studied the
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Who Is Their King? Pondering
Today, I saw someone wearing a t-shirt that said: I wonder in whom they place their faith? Who is their King? Sarcasm: Nothing reminds me more of King Jesus than an American flag and a .357 Magnum. First posted July 31, 2021