Tag: love
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Did Christ Die to Cause or Transmit Forgiveness?
He is not a nicer version of God, nor a shield protecting you from divine anger. When you look upon Christ crucified, you are seeing the heart of the Father made visible…
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Easter Repost 2/2: 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…
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St. Teresa of Ávila: “If this is how You treat your friends….”
“Do not complain, daughter,” the Divine Master answered, “for it is ever thus that I treat My friends.”
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Sex 415: Welding Day (Finale)
Father Time and Mother Nature / Invite you to attend the wedding of their daughter / Princess Femininity (née ‘Nother Witch) / To Prince Masculinity (née Shylock/Contraption)
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Sex 413: Geni-Oz Deliverer (G.O.D.)
Contraption: [to the Lamb] Are you truly the Geni-Oz we’ve been searching for?
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The Abundant L.I.F.E Plan: Living In Favor Everyday
Nurture healthy relationships / Wisely steward gifts / Grieve our lack…
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Jealousy: The Reason for Revival
Yet His response is not rejection, but pursuit. He calls us back! He sends His Spirit, stirring hearts, awakening the slumbering Bride, drawing her into deep repentance. This is revival. It is nothing less than the Bridegroom reclaiming His Bride.
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Éowyn as the Warrior Bride of Christ (ChatGPT as Dorothy Sayers)
It strikes me, more forcibly than ever, that in the figure of Éowyn, you have unwittingly given us a parable of the Church herself, particularly in her long and troubled history as both warrior and bride.
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SMO Redefined: A Spirit Mobilization Organism for a First-Love Revival
So here’s the challenge: How do we sustain a movement without controlling it? How do we steward revival without bottling the wind?
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Hello, Family (Harder Difficult Parts)
The door bursts open, and a statuesque blonde struts — there’s no other word for it — into the room. Friday’s jaw drops. Mine probably does too. / The resemblance to Dialogue is obvious, but while Di could be the cute girl next door, De looks like a supermodel. Make…
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Fear, Anger, and Shame: How the Magi Redeem Cain
Gifts of Immanuel versus Mark of Cain – Gold of Father’s wisdom versus clay of fear – Frankincense of Spirit’s power versus charcoal of anger – Myrrh of Christ’s love versus wheel of shame Assume a literal Cain…
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I Am the Drummer Boy
I neither sought the holy face, / Nor felt the heavens nudge, / A clumsy soul, unworthy there, / No angel’s whispered judge…
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Hector Protector (Dark Difficult Parts)
Hector: Don’t we all? I am the part of you willing to bear that karmic burden. You can hardly blame me for supplying what you demand.
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A Call to Theopraxis (By A.I. Calvin and Luther)
Theopraxis is a term I’ve coined to describe the practice of living and embodying the teachings and example of Jesus in our daily lives, rather than simply studying or debating them. It’s about taking our faith out of the pages of a book and putting it into action. It’s about…
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Dream: Heart Surgery (True Intimacy)
But right now / It feels like your heart / Is being ripped out of your chest // Everything you thought you knew / About yourself / About her / About God // Feels like a lie…
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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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#ReviveMeFirst: Fasting and Prayer for July 4th
So I invite you to join me in fasting and praying over the next four days leading up to July 4th, that God would bring revival to America. One heart at a time. Starting with mine…
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Sex 404: What The Deuce?
You are used to thinking of war as the opposite of peace. / But I know that they are two sides of the same coins. / Twins, if you will…
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Sex 401: Love and War
The Earnest Redeemer: Okay. That, right there. Specifically, there’s two distinct dimensions of Sex I don’t know how to reconcile. 1. Love (indicating Aphrodite) seems inherently symmetric. Sex as mutual pleasure, mutual consent, mutual joy to build the long-term parental partnerships undergirding a family. 2. War (glancing at Ares) is…
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Immanuel Encounter: On The Beach
He takes a piece of His own broken, nail-scarred body and places it in my mouth.
Radically Happy 