Devotion
The Essence of Humility
The essence of humility: Far be it from me to write an article on humility. At first it strikes me as kind of ironic to be writing an article on this topic that will probably be read by many people. It’s dangerously good for my ego, and therefore not good at all. It can be […]
Temptation
By Roland S. Martin CNN Contributor (CNN) — I’ve heard thousands of sermons over the years, and a ton of them were about sex and money (or substitute: lust and greed). It’s as if the two issues are synonymous, and in a way, they are. I can’t think of any two other topics that dominate […]
On the Path to Lake Serenity
August 19, 2007 A Guest Essay By J. Theodore Everingham I was born in May, a little more than 68 years ago, in a sleepy hamlet in southwest Michigan. The town itself had little to distinguish it then and perhaps less to distinguish it now. Still, I have a mental scrapbook of Norman Rockwell-style pictures […]
A New Spiritual Revolution (Rick Joyner)
COULD A NEW SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION BE ABOUT TO BEGIN Article by Rick Joyner http://www.morningstarministries.org Published with permission of the ElijahList http://www.elijahlist.com/ It was forty years ago this year that the “Summer of Love” in San Francisco ignited the counter-cultural revolution, and with it began one of the western world’s greatest identity crises. Some of her […]
Joy in Divine Wisdom (Marva Dawn)
Review: Marva Dawn, Joy in Divine Wisdom: Practices of Discernment from Other Cultures and Christian Traditions (Wiley, 2006). How is one supposed to make wise decisions in difficult situations? What is ‘God’s will’ for my life? Wise discernment is a very valuable tool for Christian living – or any kind of living for that matter. […]
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins: 1. Lust (Latin, luxuria) – fornication, perversion 2. Gluttony (Latin, gula) – waste, overindulgence – unreasonable or unnecessary excess of consumption 3. Greed (Latin, avaritia) – treachery, covetousness – excessive unneccessary acquisition of wealth 4. Sloth (Latin, acedia) – laziness, sadness, apathy 5. Wrath (Latin, ira) – anger, hatred, prejudice, discrimination […]
Zeal
Saw this somewhere recently: Zeal is not justified by its object. Even a cursory glance at church history tells us that many of our theological heroes, who were honestly and in good faith dedicated to the cause of the gospel nonetheless allowed their passionate commitment to Christ to spill over into metaphorical and sometimes literal […]
Sin and guilt
“Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes” God comes to forgive our sin, yet we seem much more concerned about our guilt, which is a bit different. Sin is not just something we do. First, sin is a state of being. It’s an incompleteness that we’re born into and eventually choose. Sadly, I don’t think most people […]
Richard Rohr: Recognize your Starting-point
“Recognize Your Starting Point” There is a liberation theology for the First World. What is it that we need to be liberated from? How do we need to be freed so we can receive Christ? Inner biases must be faced, I’m convinced. Unless those inner liberations happen, we’re not going to be that rich soil […]
Love One Another
*Note from Rowland. Here’s an approach as theologically liberal as one can get, within Western Christendom. I post it here for your information. Note that my broad theological stance does not coincide with Harry Cook’s. * * ~~~ * *May 6, 2007* *//* ** *The Reason, the Point, the Beginning, the End, * *the Why […]
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