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No “One True Church”

I’ve covered this before, but some questions came up pointing out a need for clarifications. The natural world is pretty much an extension of the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in the garden, but not a part of … Continue reading

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No Human Proxy

We call it the Great Commission: Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of … Continue reading

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No Word Magic

“But you said…” The moment those words escape your lips, you are no longer under my spiritual covering. You would have left the community covenant. Of course, it’s not those words in themselves, but what they betray regarding your spiritual … Continue reading

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Prayer for Polarization

How to you handle spite directed at you? I’m not worried about people who disagree with me. They have been present from the first day I began blogging back around 2000. Some within community disagree with some of what I … Continue reading

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Kiln of the Soul: Leadership

Instead of a rational framework, I want to present our vision in terms of boundaries. Some of it is in layers. There’s no way I can cover everything that might arise as we move forward in this vision, but there … Continue reading

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God Doesn’t Play Games

Something has been cooking in the back of my soul for a couple of days. I expect it will spin off several posts, but the first one is this: I’m living in a miracle marriage. No one has to tell … Continue reading

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No Longer a Denizen

I’m no longer a denizen of the Net. While attending high school way back in the 1970s, I was introduced to a very primitive computer, a simple math machine. In college there were some slightly less primitive machines, but still … Continue reading

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Again: Mission, Method, Means

The task before us is to shine the light of God’s glory into a fallen world. How people react to our testimony is virtually out of our control, but having a testimony is well within our grasp. Our frame of … Continue reading

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Mission Tactics and Resources

When the truth becomes so important to you that you’ll pay for the privilege of sharing it, then you can claim to be a messenger for God. I’m waiting to see how many Christian authors will keep writing and publishing … Continue reading

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Not Any Kind of Norm

My life is by no means any kind of norm. Yet, I insist that if God can do certain works in my life, that justifies believing He can do something similar in your life. He may not; I can’t pretend … Continue reading

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