Tag: theology
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Theosis: The Fractal Journey to Encounter, Know, and Practice God
Theosis, or divine union, is a multidimensional journey of transformation that unfolds in three progressive phases: participatory theophany (encountering God), formational theology (knowing God), and embodied theopraxy (practicing God). This pattern is not just a personal path—it is a fractal framework, reflected in the life of individual believers, local churches,…
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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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Connect Others With Jesus Challenge – Day 1 Homework
Healing doesn’t come from going after trauma… it comes from connecting with the Healer, Jesus. What part of Cathy and/or Melinda’s story: a) feels familiar to you b) SOUNDS familiar from those you help
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From Christendom to Christ: Religion vs Relationship
Yes He is Wise. / Yes He is Lord. / Yes He is God. / But Christ is so much more…
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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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Limerick: Repentance Dependence
In order to become repentant I must become fully dependent
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Systematic Graceology
The ultimate purpose and practice of Spiritual Formation is: Identifying the Anxieties for which we currently lack Grace Training us to Catharize them by the Cross of Christ More formally:
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What Discipleship Is (and Isn’t)
It is about submitting every thought — and emotion! — to Christ, so we more consistently manifest the Fruit of the Spirit.
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AECN for Jesus: Jessian Discipleship
Discipling By Jesus aims to become an: Amateur Experiential Curious Network of people who practice denying themselves, taking up their cross, and follow Jesus.
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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-03: Wholly Broken
Question What does God want: Of us For Us From Us Perspective My answer: Whole-I-ness (Holiness/Wholeness) A whole world Of whole people Loving all of the one God
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TGR-01: The Cup of Suffering
The Great Reset: Becoming the Church Decentralized Episode 1 • April 3, 2020 AD Public Discipleship as Exercise for the Body of Christ Ernest Prabhakar, Speaker Domaĝanto: Question Tamer in Esperanto Assumptions to Discuss A1: Nothing on earth is more important than becoming (loving) like Jesus A2: That includes becoming…
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Paleo-Evangelical Christianity
I consider myself a “Paleo-Evangelical” Christian. Like my counterparts in the first century, I have had transformational encounters with the person of Jesus Christ and am devoted to making him known as the Risen Lord; but am still working through which of my inherited cultural understandings and religious teachings are…
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AORTA Adolescence: The Perpetual Practice of Growing into Christ
It may be too late to have a happy childhood, but it is never too late to have a turbulent adolescence! We as a society have lost sight of what it means to grow up. And that’s a good thing! The gift (and curse) of the Enlightenment is that each…
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Broken Words: Lament of the Spiritual Entrepreneur
Broken words and broken hearts, Broken lies keep us apart How can we speak a truth we’ve never heard? Broken words inside my heart, They are tearing me apart How can we save the world with broken words? Broken Words
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The Universal Commandment
Enjoy, Love & Glorify God, Ourselves & Others As Jesus Does Corollary: The Meaning of Life God, Us & Others Enjoying, Loving, & Glorifying, God, Ourselves, Others & the World
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Reconciling Theology and Spiritual Christianity
When I was a student at Caltech in Pasadena, I used to visit the Fuller Seminary Bookstore. One day, I saw a small shelf labelled “Practical Theology.” I turned around and looked at the rows upon rows of bookshelves filling the small building and asked, “Then what in God’s name…
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Anjali’s Catechism: A Childlike Invitation to Spiritual Christianity
Are you ready to: Embrace the One who created the universe as your Heavenly Father who loves us like Jesus?
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Lesson 1/6: You and God (Anjali’s Catechism)
The Gospel: God Loves Us Like Jesus You are an amazing person. You have a lot in common with other people, but there is nobody quite like you. You have a body. Head, fingers, toes, belly button. You have a soul. You think. You feel. You want. You have a spirit.…
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