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Steve Jobs, Secular Savior
I am a huge Apple customer. I work at a place that is swimming in macs, I have 4 on my desk alone. I am typing this on my beautiful 15″ Macbook Pro. I got my first mac in 1992, a Classic II. I still remember how excited I was to get that machine! I […]
Innocuous Seeker Sensitive Legalism
Most churches would hesitate to label themselves as legalistic or law-centered. I want to take a look at a typical ‘seeker-friendly’ helpful life-focused practical sermon meant to help normal average people lead better lives. Let’s suppose our friendly and kind of cool pastor has chosen to do a series on marriage. This is a popular […]
The Free Grace Alliance in the Wider World
On the Free Grace Alliance web site, the president of the organization recently posted a letter from a younger member of the organization which included this quote: ●The Free Grace Movement and FGA are not reaching the younger generation like the Neo Calvinist movement is. I sense there is a serious problem in the Grace […]
More on Pharisees and Tax Collectors
I keep going back to the amazing parable of the pharisee and the tax-gatherer who go up to the temple to pray. last time I talked about this, I said, Notice some things here. This does not imply that tax man ever says, I suppose God likes my sin. Nor does he say, God justifies […]
Autonomy and Desire in the Godhead
Fasten your seatbelts everyone, this is a heavy one. The doctrine of the trinity as I understand it goes like this: The Father is God The Son is God The Holy Spirit is God The Son is not the Father The Son is not the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is not the Father The […]
A Sense of Wonder
When we encounter something which invokes a sense of wonder, it means we have encountered some kind of splendor or beauty which is quite beyond us. We can marvel, but we cannot grasp. The sense of wonder releases us to enjoy, to worship, to have awe, without having to understand. We do not need to […]
Grace is a Better Path to Transparent Fellowship
I have been in so-called accountability groups in the past. They really should call them “guilt-inducing liar clubs.” Have you done [sin X] this week? Have you kept your nose clean? Did you just lie to me? How is your relationship with your wife?” OH … MY … GOODNESS. You’re going to bash me over […]
Grace is a Better Path to Positive Change
It is strange but true that one of the biggest objections people have to the message of radical grace is that it doesn’t seem to emphasize holiness and repentance. This is due to several factors: They think grace and mercy means that justice is ignored. They think grace and mercy means means that sinful behavior […]