Tag: grace
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Dream: Prison Break (About Abjection)
A story of Law and Grace Two men. Old. Ghosts. With a mule. 1897. Treasure Hunters. They capture me. Take me into a dungeon. Make me dig. I break free. Shove them into an abyss Including their little black dog. Ignoring their screams for help. I open the steel door…
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TGR-S6E6: How to Cure Train Wrecks
Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Jan 5, 2020 at 1PM PST) as Ernie pitches a framework for tying together our recent themes of discipleship, reconciliation, and loving more like Jesus. Question: Is there a single thing that both causes and sustains “train wrecks” (i.e., cascades of broken relationships)? If…
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TGR-S6E5: Wounded Feelings
Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 29 1PM PST) as we work through the revelations from last week’s episode. Question: How should we respond when we are hurt by the actions of other believers — who themselves are hurting? Perspective: Seek the…
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TGR Code of Conduct
Draft 1, 29 Oct 2020, The Great Reset John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a…
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RohAnjali 2018 New Year’s Prayer
Dear God, Thank you that our family belongs to you. We confess we need you to free us from our sin and shame so we can love like Jesus. Give us the grace to: Trust you with our desires Face our fears Reflect on our anger Speak the truth in…
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Evangel, Part V: Living The Gospel
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who…
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Song: Gratitude
Part 3 of the Guilt–Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.
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Song: That’s Grace
Part 2 of the Guilt-Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.
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Song: From Guilt to Grace
The following song is a lyrical version of “Graphical Theology: The Grace Cycle“, part of my burst of artistic exploration in 1996. It was the first element of a trilogy on the Reformation themes of Guilt-Grace–Gratitude, but unlike the other two I never was happy enough with it to put…
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If Only In My Youth
If Only In My YouthIf only I had known you known you, truly known you If only I had known you in my youth…
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LEAD! C.5 Studying Scripture
The Word of God is a lamp to our feet — but only if we know how to turn it on and where to shine it. Memory Verse: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of…
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LEAD! B.3 From Mockery to Hope
The mockers must have the pride crushed out of them through suffering, to realize the limits of their earthly wisdom. To endure, their souls need to hope in God’s goodness.
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ESS is More: Essential Skills for Serving
For the third part of my trilogy on leadership development, I want to focus on practical skills. Here’s my short list (twelve, again) of the key abilities I believe leaders need to cultivate. Anything you would add or subtract?
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Song: GraceFather
This song was inspired by the narrative idea of “creation-corruption-redemption” as illustrated in The Grace Cycle. I awoke that Sunday with a heart full of praise, but didn’t have the words to express how I felt. The word “GraceFather” (a la GodFather) came to mind, but it was intertwined with…
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Death, Part II: I Am Risen In Christ
> Finally, I glance at where my side was pierced, where I see that a hole still exists. I gently probe it with my fingers, and am surprised to see that the hole looks like it extends all the way to my heart! > Yet, it is positioned in such…
Radically Happy 