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1 day ago · The Good Life does not go with the current of culture. One of John’s themes in his first letter is that you will need to learn to deal with rejection if you ...
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5 days ago · John 1:18 seems to imply that humanity needs the incarnation, not only to make possible the sacrifice of the Lamb of God but more fundamentally because humanity needs to see the Father: “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” How can humanity come to the invisible God?
16 hours ago · These are moments when everything we thought was true crumbles to the ground. You’ll see how this worked in Pastor John’s life in the episodes I pulled together from the podcast in the APJ book (on pages 23 and 24). So, how do we cultivate the mental discipline and fortitude that would position us to experience this for ourselves? This is huge.
3 days ago · His “system” is the second system on the following table (See below: “God’s System”), the one in the right-hand column. It makes us live “in the world” while not being “of the world”. It makes us live “in Christ,” as St. Paul says. “Abide in me,” says the Lord in St. John, chapter 15.
1 day ago · Bertrand Russell. Love is wise – hatred is foolish. The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell ( May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature .
4 days ago · Jesus poured divine life into humanity. In the Eucharist, he continues to place his body and blood into our hands. He still offers us the chalice of his most precious blood outpoured and filled to the brim. And he does this to show us what self-gift is: what it costs and what it looks like. He does this to quench our thirst for transcendence ...
5 days ago · In this lecture on 1 John, Don Carson calls Christians to maintain gospel centrality, cautioning against an excessive focus on peripheral issues. He explores the details of John’s letter, emphasizing our need for salvation through Christ, walking in the light of his righteousness, and demonstrating genuine love for others as evidence of true ...
