We might call this large charge, a mandate. It’s the mandate from God himself and all the specific guidance we might need flows from it. Under this charter we serve and under it we lead. Those who wander from under it must be corrected for their own sake and for the sake of God’s house.
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Grace Mercy and Peace
To seek the good of immoral, powerful people we must absorb injustice for the sake of peace. This is mercy. And yet, God doesn’t expect us to pick up the tab for someone else’s offenses. Instead, he first supplies us with the mercy he means for us to dispense.
Free Indeed – Galatians 1:10-17
The problem of humankind is people. The surest way to pervert a person’s view of God is to insert another person in between.
Family Ties – Galatians 1:3a
The citizens of God’s new society are free from the conforming pressures of culture because the culture of God’s kingdom is unity in diversity.
Free Association – Galatians 1:1-2
We must become free from our community to become good, but we become good to contribute to our community.
Divine DNA – DDWJWD Part 7
We must stop asking, “What would Jesus do?” if we’re going to become like Jesus.
Crazy Radical Legalism – DDWJWD Part 6
The WWJD fad flamed out almost two decades ago, so why talk about it? While people no longer wear the plethora of merchandise, the ideal lives on. In fact, the teaching that Jesus, as he’s presented in the Gospels, ought to serve as the believer’s true north has made a resurgence over the past ten…… Continue reading Crazy Radical Legalism – DDWJWD Part 6
What Would Jesus Don’t – DDWJWD Part 5
Of course, there’s about as much danger of everybody “doing what Jesus would do” as there is of everybody Wanging Chung. Jesus was an outlier even in his day. Really doing what Jesus would do would require everyone to quit their jobs, spend forty days in wilderness prayer and fasting, preach itinerantly trusting God for…… Continue reading What Would Jesus Don’t – DDWJWD Part 5
What Would Jesus Evade? DDWJWD Part 2
If anyone ever lived out the “What Would Jesus Do” ethic, Justin did. He moved into an abandoned train depot in the bar district of the next town over and took in homeless people. One night I think he baptized nineteen people in the fountain of the big Baptist church a couple of blocks over.…… Continue reading What Would Jesus Evade? DDWJWD Part 2
DDWJWD (Don’t Do What Jesus Would Do) – Series Intro
Some kid at Bible camp ran up behind my son, Jadon, and slapped him on the back of the neck. I guess he wanted to take on the biggest guy in the cabin. Jadon whirled around, narrowed his eyes and growled. The kid, immediately regretting his decision, resorted to playing the Jesus card, “Now, now,…… Continue reading DDWJWD (Don’t Do What Jesus Would Do) – Series Intro
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