Tag: reconciliation
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2025-11-01 YAM: Boaz Came (Survey 1/18)
My companions and I / Have come to a brave new land // We have been given dominion / But nobody knows it…
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2025-10-15 IAM: Goodbye and Went (Tears 5/12)
The blood of Jesus / Binds shards of me / To all the people in the world…
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Reversing The Spiral of Offense
Offense is when I have: / – Law enough to hate your sin, but not / – Grace enough to forgive it…
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2025-08-28 SAM: Life Mission (Son A 5/8)
But what still I don’t understand / Is why that requires leaving / The place of perfect love…
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2025-08-21 AAM: Do To Me (Jackass 12/13)
But it is too late / My Heart was already / Torn to shreds / And sacrificed / To resurrect the lawless mercenaries…
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Diaphoris: Towards a Grand Unified Theology of Generativity
Whereas perichoresis describes the mutual indwelling of the Trinity in harmonious unity, diaphoris highlights the dynamic, recursive, and ecstatic agonism of divine being – a continual pattern of connection and separation that yields unbounded generativity…
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Lavina’s Unfinished Cross: Restoring Grace to The Church
…the LDS Church may be one of the few institutions left with enough moral coherence, enough theological structure, and enough sacred memory for this drama to matter—for the world to watch and learn what repentance looks like….
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The Barnaba’ Split: A Comic Redemption of Acts 15
Barnabas: Paul, I’ve been thinking—we give John Mark another shot. The boy has potential. Paul: Potential? Barnabas, the last time we gave him “potential,” he ghosted us halfway to Pamphylia. I’ve seen more commitment from a fig tree. Barnabas: He was overwhelmed! It was his first mission trip. You try…
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Interpreting “One New Humanity” Through a Diaphoric Lens
Applying the concept of diaphoris, as introduced in Diaphoris: The Ecstatic Agony of Divine Glory, provides a nuanced framework to understand the themes presented in One New Humanity. Diaphoris emphasizes the sacred dynamic by which difference is borne, crossed, and ultimately reconciled, generating deeper communion.
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Caffinneyated America, Part IV (Finale): Emancipating Awakening
Were there people on both sides that might have agreed on a sustainable compromise to avoid [The Civil] War? What miracle would it take to make that happen?
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Cafinneyated America, Part I: Sustaining Awakening
The bread was on the table. The wine was in the cup. And no man—not Finney, not any elder, not any preacher—would say who was worthy. That was for Christ to decide.
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Sex 411A: Lecher v Scribe
Your honor, my client is innocent. He is just a naive part doing his best to unfold. Sexuality is an intrinsic aspect of maturity: it is literally the definition, in biological terms. He should be celebrated for his sexual explorations, not condemned.
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Days of Elisha (ChatGPT as Twila Paris)
These are the days of His power, Immanuel reigning as King. / And these are the moments of wonders, As heaven and earth start to sing. / Though the world groans in its longing, The promise of hope is alive, / For Jesus has risen in glory, And through Him, His…
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 2: The Way of the Son (Margam Makan)
Family expectations, while important, can sometimes be a source of bondage rather than blessing. But if families begin to prioritize grace—giving one another the freedom to follow God’s call while still affirming the bonds of love—this might break the cycle of heartbreak.
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 1: Faith and Family
Together, Ziegenbalg and Aaron laid the foundation for a Tamil Christian identity that balanced faith with culture. While Ziegenbalg’s mission brought the Gospel to Tamil Nadu, Aaron embodied the transformation of faith in a local context, showing the possibility of a Tamil expression of Christianity. Their story continues to inspire…
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A Reluctant Prayer for President Trump
God, I must confess that I’ve had a judging attitude towards President Trump. That I’ve judged him based on his sins — which are many — but so are mine. And I like to think that his sins are worse than mine; and that is perhaps the worst sin of…
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Hello, Trauma (Hidden Difficult Parts)
Then I realize he is more likely to show up — or at least I am more likely to notice him — when I am stressed, frustrated, or stuck. / That’s when I know his name.
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Sex 410: Dis-Engaged
Klein: Do your worst, foul vixen! Strike us dead this instant, lest we destroy this castle and you with it! // Earnest: Whoa, Klein. No need to get dark so fast. // Nother: Klein… is that… you?
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When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus
Psychologist: Is there a way to let go of the guilt, the shame and the blame that will inevitably remain? / Jesus still smiles with His mouth, but His eyes are sad. “Yes, my child. It is called the cross.”
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