December 2010
2 posts
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“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul (Psyche) and spirit (pneuma), of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” -HeBrEwS 4:12
Around a month ago I wrote an entry on Attachment theory and God. For those of you reading carefully it...
silence.
“there is so much talking going on within me. It seems that I am always involved in inner debates with myself, my friends, my enemies, my supporters, my opponents, my colleagues, and my rivals. But this inner debate reveals how far my heart is from you. If I were simply to rest at your feet and realize that I belong to you and you alone, I would easily stop arguing with all the real and...
November 2010
5 posts
“We prevent God from giving us the great spiritual gifts He has in store for us,...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hope
[Excerpt from The Cry of the Soul by: Dan Allender/Tremper Longman III]
Often, our hope is simply naive. It simply trusts that things will soon work out as we desire. This is actually magical desire. Hope centered in a person puts our future in their hands, so that we trust them to accomplish what we cannot do ourselves. Inevitably, naive and human-centered hope leads to profound...
Attachment and the Invisible God
“So you might be asking…How do you have a relationship with a God you can’t see?”
Tony Eubanks
Once upon a time I worked as a football chaplain under the tutelage of a man named Tony Eubanks. The story didn’t end well. But that’s not what we are here to talk about and no, i’m not still bitter. : ) Tony would say this everytime he talked about...
Do you run to? or Away?
About a month ago at our tuesday night housechurch meeting, my roomate Scott led an interesting discussion. After prefacing this question with some personal narrative he asked the group what they did when in relation to God/Christ when they did something wrong.
Do you run to God, or do you run away from him? (you should answer as well…if you know what’s good for you! muahaha!)
A combination...
