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Judgment and Discernment
Jesus advises us to avoid judging. Signing on to the judging way of life is not going to go in your favor, he tells us. In the opening to Matthew 7, The Message translates it like this: Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same [...]
the message
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
what the hell is “scripture”?
I don’t have any business talking about it, because I don’t know Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic. But it’s pretty clear to me that old-skool Christianity has bogged us down with some heavy burdens, in the form of words that only apply to The Church. I talked about this before in a post called repent [...]
Old-school Christianity Sux Eggs
Jonathan Brink’s post, Just Tell Me How to Think, got me thinking. In it, he quoted some old-school Christian guy as saying this: “On the outside, it can sometimes appear that these “emerging churches” are just as orthodox as any other Bible-believing church. Online doctrinal statements and many sermons will sound no different from a [...]
Repent or Burn!
I debated about whether to use the title "repent or burn" for this post. Just seeing the phrase makes my stomach hurt, but I want to face up to it and deal with it.