Bread that Breaks Rules
The indiscriminate ways Jesus shared and spoke about food broke the rules of his society and the rules of many churches down to this day.
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Silence and Relationships
An attitude of respectful silence is an essential part of a deep, intimate relationship with God.
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The Things Unsaid
Instead of leaving unsaid the things that could cause conflict and division, we are called to listen intensely, slowly, intentionally, allowing all to speak their truth, so that we can find a way to move forward together in love and humility.
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The God of Winter
The experience of winter is God’s gift, inviting us to silence, healing and new depth of life.
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Weeds Overgrowing a Crumbling Empire
The culture of God rises in defiance of the empires of this world, but it will look more like an annoying outbreak of self-sown, invasive weeds than an alternative empire.
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Family: Painfully Difficult Good News
Jesus’s radical call to align ourselves with his new family trumps even our allegiances to our blood families, and asks us to shape our relationships in the church around a shared commitment to living out the will of God.
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Children of the Triune God
The recognition that in Jesus we see the exact likeness of the Father rescues us from fear and slavery and invites us to live as the beloved children of God.
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Divinely Intoxicated
If we surrender ourselves to the Holy Spirit, we lose some of our inhibitions about social conformity and are liberated to break down the boundaries that keep people apart.
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The Character and Condition of the Righteous
The way of blessedness that comes through obedience and submission to God’s will, but the choice lies in our hands.
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Can We Crucify Penal Substitutionary Atonement?
If we want to understand how Jesus saves us and what Jesus saves us from, we are going to have to abandon the most widely taught explanation.
