Grace For All People
Just saying… All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name. (Ps 86:9) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. (1 Ch 16:34) “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” (Joel 2:28) The LORD will lay bare his …
Doubts About Grace
Yesterday I had a very intense conversation with a good friend about hell. Not the location but the state. You see my friend had fallen into hell, grasping to the last shred of evidence that she was worth it, yet just as willing to give in to the reality that she wasn’t. She could understand the idea that God loved …
Question To Ponder
A Buddhist, a Muslim, an Atheist, a Homosexual, and a Christian all die on the same day. They stand before God on judgment day. God reveals the truth of His love to each, giving them the fullest awareness of what Jesus did on the cross. Each one chooses to accept that reality seeing it as the love of God. Which …
Worshipping The Monster
I love that we are talking about hell. It’s time it was brought out of the closet (the dark ages) and looked at very deeply. Before you read this post I would suggest reading the post that inspired it. John Shore asks, “Is God’s Justice Different Than Ours? Hell, No!“ John asks a remarkably good question in his post. He …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
“Regarding hell, what Chan and others must do is show how the traditional view of hell is in any way “just,” and philosophically speaking I have not seen this done well in either academic or popular Christian literature.” Jeff Cook on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed I don’t know about you but that is one of most intriguing things I’ve heard …
Loving Our Enemy
Speak it brother Tripp.
The Threat Of Human Violence
So this weekend I came very close to the threat of human violence, and it really hit me. A friend of mine emailed me two weeks ago and said, “I have a free ticket to Game 5 of the Sharks/Red Wings series. Want to go?” Lets see. “Free. The Sharks. My best friend. Road trip.” I’m in. We drove down …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
If you followed McKnight’s reviews of Bell’s book, the argument that comes up most frequently is the kind of justice that would act decisively against the oppressors on behalf of the oppressed. The idea then is not personal satisfaction (as in enjoying the suffering of the enemy) but the need to address evil in such a way that it not …
Grace Is Not Fair
Author, Brené Brown ht: Jeromy
I May Be Right But I Hope I’m Wrong
I wrote the following post for Emergent Village. The other night I got together with my pub group, which is an extension of my house church. The pub group is four guys that talk about anything. We laugh more than we should because nothing is off limits. We’re irreverent and sarcastic about everything, because we’ve established a culture that allows …
