Tag: jesus
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Christos Nika
I could use More role models Of what it looks like To conquer Like Christ
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Pride, A Part (Socratic Monologue)
Grow up, lady! You wouldn’t have lasted 24 hours out here without me. You say you needed me. You have no idea the hell I went through to keep you safe. Don’t get so high and mighty on your little ivory pedestal. You only have the luxury to indulge your…
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Un-Stoned, Part II (John 11:35)
Because even though He is big enough To contain all our sorrow He is close enough To feel it To the depths of His Being And even overflowing.
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I Wanna Be A Loser
I wanna lose the Election The Argument The Fight So everyone will think I’m wrong Even though God knows I’m right
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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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Behold the Man
John 19:5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” Pilate wanted us to behold JesusPerhaps hoping he could free Jesus Or free himselfOf the responsibilityOf seeing moreThan he wanted Than he could handleThan he was free to…
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A Call for Sonship in the Body of Christ
Historically, the Body of Christ has relied on three interdependent roles:• Infants, who receive what they are taught• Mystics, who seek their own truth• Paternalists, who create the context for Infants Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in…
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Grievable Losses: The Beatitudes, Summarized
Blessed are those Who grieve the loss Of the historic context That made them feel secure
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Immanuel Encounter: Into the Woods
I am in the woods at IVCF camp in Massachusetts At the moonlit lake I remember from my college days Jesus is there I am seven years old It is daytime I wish we could stay like this forever Young Innocent Happy
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The Amygdala Gospel: Rewiring How We Grow Closer to Jesus
When Jesus said we must deny ourselves, I think He meant the amygdala.
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Dream: Leadership Train. Ing.
I am on a people-mover Like a train of roller-coaster cars But we are stopped on level ground At least for a moment Each car represents a different level of leadership I am in the third or fourth Perhaps moving from third to fourth
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Redeeming Aphrodite: Freeing Minerva (Part 12 of 12)
Continued from Part 11 Prologue All of us turn South, seeking the Voice which interrupted our tableau, here in the Box of Hades: We gaze toward the far horizon, where Eve’s Multitude had wreaked their vengeance upon Adam.I am sure it is not his Voice we just heard.I cannot place…
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Core Grace Training
Core Graceis the abilityto hold the tensionbetween affirmingmy own individualityand acknowledging the legitimacyof other’s needslong enoughfor Jesus to crucifymy self-centered false identityand revealHis greater redemptionfor all of us. In other words,(by analogy with core strength training)it is what enable usto substitute Christ-like Responsesfor selfish Reactions Backstory
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Playlist DBJ-SHON: Salome’s Honor
Salome, the mother of James and John, and her complicated relationship to advancing the ministry of Jesus. Matthew 20:20–28 Mark 15:37-41 Mark 16:1-8 Google Slides
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DBJ Family Edition (John 13)
A simplified version of DBJ-LOVE-5 we used with our parents and kids.
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Playlist DBJ-2021B-LOVE: Loving More Like Jesus
Wedding at Cana: John 2:1-11 Woman Caught in Adultery: John 8:1-11 Rich Young Ruler: Mark 10:17-31 Unforgiving Servant: Matthew 18:15-35 Washing Disciples Feet: John 13:1-17 Fruit of the Vine: John 15:1-17 Jubilee (Review & Commission)
Radically Happy 