As we recognize that Christ is all – even outside our own box of biases, giftings and sensibilities – we begin to experience the fulness of Christ.
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Sufficient Grace, Part III
May 23, 2012
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As I learn to adjust to the reality of diminished capacity, I’m seeing God prompt people who I’ve invested my life into and mentored in the Lord. Others are now step forward – without me asking – to fill the voids. This, to me, has been the most precious affirmation of God’s grace,
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Fathers and Teachers
May 11, 2012
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Fathers (and mothers!) in the faith are compelled to help others be more than themselves and to exceed their own understanding and experiences.
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Peeking Through the Cracks
May 10, 2012
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Seek grace, find courage, embrace joy and venture forth!
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“Us” and “Them”
May 9, 2012
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The real Body of Christ is an inclusive “us” – you and me. It is not a divisive “us” verses “them”. Rather, we find grace as we submit one to another by esteeming each other in our differences.
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Is There Not a Cause?
May 2, 2012
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Forgive us, Lord, for wanting only you and not also your Kingdom…
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Millennials and Old Farts
April 29, 2012
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Our churches must be multi-generational, by giving millennials leeway to shake things up and then being available to mentor them in what remains standing.
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The Fierceness of God
April 21, 2012
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The Apostle Paul wasn’t persecuted and eventually killed for loving Jesus, but because that love made him confront and do things that upended the cultural, religious, economic and civil systems of his day. Some popular Christian authors insist today, however, that believers must refrain from such engagement.
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Sufficient Grace, Part II
April 19, 2012
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Recent tests indicate that my medical condition may be fatal. However, I’m still alive, I’m loved and God is still sovereign!
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Inside Out
April 17, 2012
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Inside out is like a seed. All that the seed can be is contained inside, but the beauty is not displayed until what is hidden appears. (Another devotional from my wife, Marianne.)
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Twitter and Facebook
March 27, 2012
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I love writing this blog, but I also like the more dynamic and interactive environment of Twitter and Facebook. Here’s your invite to also connect with me there.
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Holy Ghost Church in the County Jail
March 26, 2012
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I don’t want to shake up anyone’s theology, but the Holy Spirit was grooving to some powerful, spontaneous rappin’ that was going on!
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Outside the Box
March 20, 2012
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Yes, Christ can be found in the box. But He does His best work, I’ve found, apart from and outside the box.
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Modern Day Pauls?
March 17, 2012
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Beware of gifted but itinerant men and women who want to “help” your local church as modern-day Paul’s, but lack roots in, commission from and accountability to another functioning local church.
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The Great Commission
March 12, 2012
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The newly touted idea that “ekklesia” (the Greek word translated “church” in the New Testament) and the Great Commission are at odds is itself odd.
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Probation’s Ban on Church Attendance
March 10, 2012
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An appeal for help in reversing the local probation office’s de facto ban on church attendance in Prince William County, Virginia.
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Getting to Simple
March 7, 2012
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This morning, I met with a man who loves the Lord but has had re-occurring bouts with drug addiction. He was carrying lots of guilt and shame from things in his past, and was confused because he couldn’t shake the weight of those sins.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Twisting, Licking and Dunking
March 6, 2012
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I LOVE Oreo cookies! They are proof that God loves us and has a wonderful plan for our lives.
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Does Jesus Want You to Vote?
March 5, 2012
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I may be a citizen of the Kingdom of God, but the precinct where God has me live and vote is here in Virginia.
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March 4, 2012
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Early Virginia mornings with a cup of freshly brewed Columbian coffee is proof enough that God still smiles over His creation.
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Acceptance with Joy
March 3, 2012
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My wife, Marianne, wrote this. Where I am vision and logic, she is feeling and heart. The Lord speaks to us in very different ways, and we have learned to passionately value those differences. Anyway, I think this was for both of us, and maybe it will speak to you too.
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Becoming Our Past
February 26, 2012
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Often, longstanding hurts, disappointments and emotional wounds are like old, familiar friends. We let them become so engrained into our sense of identity that they begin to define us.
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February 24, 2012
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Two days after I posted my series “Beyond Evangelical?”, Milt Rodriguez – who I took to task in that series – wrote his own blog which helps close the gap, so to speak, that I was addressing. Here’s some follow-up thoughts.
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Beyond Evangelical? (Part 3)
February 22, 2012
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A challenge to my “Beyond Evangelical” brethren: If you are not called to something, don’t discredit those who are. Trying to say we must be like you is narcissism – a key characteristic of post-modernity – at its worst. In essence, it’s trying to impose on others a Jesus created in your own image.
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February 21, 2012
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What Frank Viola and other “Beyond Evangelical” proponents seem to miss is this: A truly authentic Jesus will be expressed through us to all aspects of life, culture, and history – both relationally and propositionally. And sometimes, what Jesus has to propositionally say to society may offend, even though we may not be acting offensively.
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February 20, 2012
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The spirit of this age – at least in the West – is post-modernity, which views reality as subjective and truth (if it even exists) as individual and relative. Post-modernity is not all bad, but neither is it Christ!
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True Leadership
February 10, 2012
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What is the true measure of leadership in the Body of Christ?
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Jesus at the Fringes
February 4, 2012
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It’s amazing how Jesus takes root in the fringes of society when you empower Christ in folks rather than trying to bring “church” to them, take them to “church” or do “church” for them.
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The Priesthood of All Believers
January 23, 2012
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Then how is it, brothers? When you come together, ONLY ONE of you can have a psalm, a teaching, a tongue, a revelation, an interpretation….
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A Multilingual Jesus
January 16, 2012
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God speaks to some subjectively, and to others objectively, and each often forgets that Jesus is multilingual.
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Planting Churches
January 3, 2012
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I’m not sure why we make planting churches so complicated. It really isn’t. Here’s a recent story from the local jail.
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Room at the Inn
December 24, 2011
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This Christmas, the question yet remains: Is there still no room at the inn? Take a chance. Embrace the Joseph’s and Mary’s of our age.
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Redemption
December 21, 2011
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If Jesus doesn’t work for the worst of us, then He works for none of us.
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Ekklesia as Escapism
December 19, 2011
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Too often, we say it’s all about Jesus, when in reality we create Jesus in our own image – shaped by our hurts from the wrongs we have suffered – and use Him to justify our safely-ensconced retreat into self-constructed cocoons.
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Church sower, mentor, teacher, foe of tyrants, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, author, attorney, entrepreneur, pilot and so-so bass fisherman.According to the internet tracking service Networked Blogs, Crossroad Junction is among the top 100 blogs worldwide on "Christianity", among the top 100 on "faith", and also among the top 100 blogs on "culture".
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- The Mythology of Tithing
- A Hollow Gospel
- Participatory Church
- Rethinking Missions
- Sufficient Grace
- Modern Day Pauls?
- Ordained to Fail
- Beyond Evangelical? (Part 3)
- Pimping the Gospel
- Does Jesus Want You to Vote?
- God in a Box
- Sufficient Grace, Part III
- Fathers and Teachers
- Peeking Through the Cracks
- “Us” and “Them”
- Is There Not a Cause?
- Millennials and Old Farts
- The Fierceness of God
- Sufficient Grace, Part II
- Inside Out
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