My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Blessing in loving the poor
Questions:Have you found ministering to the poor in your life a hard thing and a burden or has it been a joy and a delight and made you feel free?…
Because of the hardness of heart
“He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” The root of divorce, the…
Series on the poor
Part 1: The poor are with usPart 2: Kingdom of the poorPart 3: Commanded to lovePart 4: Daily livesPart 5: Engaging peoplePart 6: Heart’s motivationPart 7: Blessing of loving the…
Engaging people
Questions:The scriptures call us to engage in social justice, what does this look like? Reading: Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the…
Polarizing views and the other
When it comes to theological conflicts, so many people can only see a jilted perspective on the issue. They become reactionary and polarized and full of false assumptions, even if…
Categorical Thinking
I was talking with a friend, tonight, and he mentioned how instead of listening to what people have to say, we tend to put people into categories. For example, in…
Church’s response to divorce
The scripture is very hard on divorce. God understands the destructive power it has. When you take the image of Christ and the church and destroy it, devastation will occur.…
Unicorns and fairies
If we were suddenly in a world where unicorns and fairies were common, they would in short order lose their novelty as we went about our every day life. We…
Daily life, we love the poor
Daily Life/The Challenge Questions:Do you see the Kingdom of God as physically or spiritually present, or both? When do you minister to the poor? Under what settings? Reading: “Older men…
Getting rid of the elite
Problems are complex and because of sin all solutions are tainted and whatever we do in solving a problem is fraught with unattended consequences. So, when we are discussing ideas…
