Jacob’s Wages: The Cost of Trying Too Hard
There’s a pattern in Jacob’s story, the grandson of Abraham. It’s one that chased me until it brought me to an end. “Grace is not opposed to effort, it is…
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Christians Can Use Tarot: A Case for Biblical Symbols & Spiritual Formation
“It seems as if the set of pictures in the Tarot cards were distantly descended from the archetypes of transformation, a view that has been confirmed for me in a…
Atonement With A 1000 Faces: Humanity as the Unified Theory
“The current gospel then becomes a ‘gospel of sin management.’ Transformation of life and character is no part of the redemptive message.” — Dallas Willard A millennia-long battle has been…
Speaking Two Levels at Once: How Scripture Uses Mystery as a Tutor
Scholars like Francis Schaeffer and Dallas Willard, both heavyweights, document how Western Christianity bifurcated truth into two realms. In other words, it treated the world as if there were two…
“Be Strong and Courageous” — Decoding Joshua 1:5-9 For Everyone
Joshua 1:5-9 was one of the first Bible passages I memorized as a teenage Jesus Freak. It’s a challenge to be brave following the path God placed before us (Hebrews…
Church Without Walls: A Living Concept
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Architecture of Surrender: Neurogenesis, Recovery, & the Science of Change (pt. 1)
“We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only…
The Geometry of Orthodoxy: Participatory vs. Autocentric and Our Narcissism of Small Differences
“Where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace.” — St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against…
Elisha (Pt IIIb): How Kingdom is Built Two by Two
“Elisha’s ministry is a sustained assault on the secular autonomy of the palace. He proves that the King cannot even provide bread or water without the mediation of the Covenant.…
Elijah, Part II — Collapse, Care, & the God Who Meets Prophets in Gutters
“…the quietest means are the mightiest.” — F.D. Maurice Mt. Carmel felt like the pinnacle: fire from heaven, prophets of Baal were slaughtered, people confessed, and the drought ended. However,…
