Category Archives: Obedience

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and Why No One Can Get (or Give) Any

May 8th, 2012

I’ve got about six months until I hit 50. That milestone isn’t sitting well with me, though. Part of my unrest is that the major tropes of my youth with regard to the accumulation of years have failed. Or perhaps I should say that I failed to fulfill them. By the time you are 50, [...]

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Also posted in Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Community, Counterculture, Dying to Self, Faith, Godly Character, Humility, Judgmentalism, Leadership, Maturity

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The Devolution of Beseeching Prayer

March 28th, 2012

Beseeching prayers since the Protestant Reformation: Reformation Era to 17th century Blessed Lord, may this servant’s death at the hands of those who oppose Thee and Thy Kingdom further the Glorious Light of Thy Gospel to the ends of the earth, that Thy Name be praised on the lips of them who hear Thy Words [...]

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Also posted in Boldness, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Counterculture, Dying to Self, Godly Character, Holiness, Humility, Prayerfulness

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The Spirit-Led Church Is the Only Real Church

February 20th, 2012

In his book Reimagining Church, Frank Viola poses a few questions that should unnerve us. I’ve asked similar questions here, but I think revisiting at least one is worthwhile: If the Holy Spirit were to depart, what aspects of our Sunday church meeting would be changed by His absence? Unfortunately, I suspect the answer for [...]

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Also posted in Charismatic, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Community, Counterculture, Discernment, Godhead, Godly Character, Leadership, Maturity, Oddities, Relevance, Simplicity, Supernaturalism, The Holy Spirit, Worship

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