reimaginings

Reflections on a conversation today. When the institution of ‘church’ makes its existence more important than the blood-bought grace of Christ, it hijacks the cross for it’s own purposes - misleading the body of Christ. When the church give ’sin’ a greater weight than ‘grace’ it hijacks the cross. When the church […]

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If God, then truth
If Truth, then reliability
If Reliability, then trust
If Trust, then action
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If God, then truth
If Truth, clarity of communication
If Absence of Clarity, then no God or God misunderstood
If Misunderstood, then no clarity of communication
If Lack of Clarity, then no reliability of truth
If no Reliability, then no God
If no God, then no creation
If no Creation, […]

“Ask and it shall be given to you”.
“The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well”.
You can think of many of scriptures that are unequivocal statements on the efficacy of prayer? But are these statements true?  If the ‘prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective’, when his prayer is unanswered - […]

In Shane Claibornes book, The Irresistible Revolution, there are a multitude of ’sayings’ and quotes that I found intensely thought provoking. Here are a few of them:
“I gave up Christianity in order to follow Jesus”. (p. 71)
“Christian scholarship is the Church’s prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can […]

Jesus and his twelve shared a common life together.  No amount of talking about it through the prophets could have adequately described it.  To understand true community, man had to witness healthy community in action on a regular basis. Jesus led his twelve through life - teaching them each day how to deal with the issues that arose […]

I enjoy imagining and continually re-imagining a variety what if scenarios - particularly missional ones.  For instance, what if your whole family, all your friends, co-workers, and your neighbors could be introduced to the gospel?
 “Awesome!”, you say.  “That’s every Christians hope”. 
But, what if this could only occur if they didn’t have to first […]