23 ¶ And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit […]
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only […]
I’m still expanding on ideas from this post: http://thereforenow.com/2013/03/take-the-red-pill/. Christ’s death is the door out of wrath The main thing I am examining is not the idea of wrath, but the way in which belief in Christ and Him crucified opens the door to and becomes the animus for our love for one another (1 […]
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. (Romans 1:18, 19, NASB). In the last post I said, “When Paul says […]
We want honest love and truly we are like Neo in the matrix – we have never breathed it or really tasted it. Everything is about our performance and about pretending our failures and the failures of everyone around us don’t matter when they do. 23 And this is His commandment, that we believe in […]
It says “this is His commandment”. There is no duality, no horizontal and vertical. It is a unity, a monolithic statement. There is no loving one another without belief in Christ, and there is no case in which belief in Christ does not lead to love for one another. They are a single unified case, […]
There is far more to the Liberate conference than a rundown of the sessions can give you. There is a sense of excitement, of being together with a lot of people who have discovered their treasure (Matthew 13:44). I had opportunity to sit around at some length and talk to Paul Zahl and his wife […]
I am continuing my post conference reflections from the last post. Of course, I’m only doing reflections on the sessions I attended, and I missed the 2 PM White Horse Inn live recording, which I would really have liked to go to. Also, at the breakouts, you can’t go to all of them. 6. Tony […]
The Liberate 2013 conference is over, and it was fantastic! Here are my reflections, which are my own personal opinions, on whatever things stuck out in my mind. 1. Grace in Church Planting, Tony Merida. I really really like this guy, I wish I knew him. I have a secret desire that has been brewing […]
This is such a powerful song, and goes along with the message of the Romance of Grace perfectly! So, I’m sharing it. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKyY8zfjBMQ?rel=0&w=560&h=315]