Tag: confession
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2026-03-30 IAM: Under Their Feet (Contrast 8/9)
The very foundations of hell / Are being undermined / As my confession / Draws holiness / In…
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True Denial: The Holy Irony of Peter’s Two Confessions
The story of Peter is framed by two confessions — one radiant with revelation, the other heavy with denial. // The holy irony is that both were true — each in its own way, and each necessary for the other to be fulfilled. / Peter’s two confessions mark the movement…
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What It Sounds Like (As a Psalm)
Out of the shadows, I’m breathing, / out of the silence, I’m new. / This is the song of my healing, / this is my soul coming through…
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Dream: Tea V. Shame
They will want / Me to condemn him // Or failing that / Use me / To vent their anger by proxy…
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2025-08-14 AAM: Come Lead Us (Jackass 5/13)
Brain starts running around / Like a head with its chicken cut off / And shrieks: // “I knew this would happen!”
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Identificational Prayer: The Cross That Destroys Strongholds
I’ve learned that identificational prayer — standing in humility, identifying with those we pray for — is the most powerful prayer there is. / James says “the prayer of a righteous person has great power” (James 5:16), and in Christ, that righteousness is ours by grace, not by performance. /…
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RANGER BEVERE: Don’t Feed the Scavenger
You don’t fight scavengers with fists. / You fight them with light and a clean camp…
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The Cross as Key to Taking and Yielding Authority
In Christian leadership, spiritual growth, and community life, one of the most striking paradoxes is this: we are invited to walk in great authority, and yet, the path to that authority passes through radical surrender. / For many, this journey is hindered not by theological ignorance or moral failing, but…
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From Armor to Authenticity: The Power of Speaking Truth vs Trauma
This isn’t about being soft or passive. It’s about being brave enough to tell the truth about what’s happening inside. And in doing so, we create space for others to respond with empathy, not defensiveness.
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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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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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Speck to Beam to Cross: Responsive Discipleship
How can we use our external triggers to create internal transformation with eternal impact?
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Jonah’s Brother
Jonah: Please don’t tell me this is for another whale pun! Earnest: I actually wanted to talk to you about bitterness and judgmentalism. J. Say, did you ever hear the one about the whale who…
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12/30 Poem: Nearly New
Too often it feels like the end / Our brokenness too great to mend / All that we once cherished is lost / Forgotten, how much it had cost
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11/20 Limericks: Cross-Talk
I don’t want to share / The cross you won’t bear / Suddenly, our conflict makes sense!
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Honoring Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson is truly one of God’s greatest gifts to the 21st century church. But to be honest, sometimes he drives me crazy.
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#Devalidation: My Current Favorite Sin
The alternative Is Hospitality With Incarnation The other half Of Vulnerability Concentrating my Self In Christ Where He can protect The real Me And leaving Everything else On the table
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Redeeming Ares, Part 8: Hermetic Unsealing
I jerk my finger back Seriously? I have braved gods and goddesses Divine mountains and infernal hellholes Only to be taunted By my adolescent foibles? Is someone pranking me?
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