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“God” is Not a Person?

Or, why progressive-liberals are as trapped by the modern, literalistic reductions as evangelical-fundamentalists.

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The Integration of Abiding: Feeling, Thinking, Doing

All the aspects of our lives, every part of us (and all the parts within us) are integrated in this abiding in the love of Jesus

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11 Reasons Why I Criticize (White Christian) Progressive-Liberalism

I was recently asked why I regularly “go after” Christian progressive-liberalism.  I was asked specifically what my “motivation” is. Short answer: Because progressive-liberalism repeats or is reactive to fundamentalism, and fails to be faithful to the truth entrusted to the church.

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Surrender to Love is Dangerous

And too often Christians, leaders and disciples, replace surrendering to authorities and obedience for surrendering to love. This opens wide the door for abuse. 

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Enemy Love as Forgiveness; or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #6

Jesus breaks the “in group” bias of forgiveness for those like us and the “out group” fault-finding of those others.   In the presence of an enemy, will we… • Attack, or attune?• Escalate, or empathize?• War, or reconcile? It is clear how God responded… “While we enemies, we were reconciled to God through the […]

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On God’s Unique Kind of Love; or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #4

Elephant with zebra skin in the studio. The concept of being different. 3d render illustration

In an age when everyone has their own take on things, when in ancient times each god had their own emphasis and activity, it is striking the God would demonstrate his “own love” to us.  God had to actively demonstrate his love to us because otherwise we wouldn’t believe it, or trust it, or rely […]

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God Proves to Us? or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #3

I missed it! Diving again into God’s love, I missed the craziness that God would ever bother proving anything to us! The Gods and Kings Normally you had to prove yourself to the gods, to the kings, to the lords, to your city, to your family. They had nothing to prove to you—except what happens […]

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While We Were Weak: or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #2

A mosaic depicts the death of Christ and a passage from the Gospel of John that tells of the blood and water flowing from Christ's side. Biblical scholars see the blood and water as symbolic references to the Eucharist and baptism. Pope John Paul II's 14th encyclical, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia," focuses on the central sacrament of the faith. (CNS file photo) (April 16, 2003) See stories to come.

God’s demonstration of love: “While we were still weak…Christ died for the ungodly” (Rom. 5: 6).  The character of love is revealed in the midst of weakness.  • False love—as narcissism—preys on weakness rather than protecting it.  • False love—as self-loathing—points out weakness rather than providing for it. • False love—as fear—hides from weakness rather than […]

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From Abstraction to Demonstration of Love; or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #1

Beginning again with God’s Love I’ve begun again to dive into God’s love—for me, for us, for everyone (and by “again” I mean perhaps for the first time as I continue to integrate the cognitive and affective aspects of life). Too often it feels that God’s love becomes an abstraction, separated from the concrete reality […]

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Why Deconstruction Shouldn’t Be on a Continuum Between Conservative and Progressive

Can we stop placing “deconstruction” on a continuum between conservative beliefs that are transformed/updated/revised into more progressive ones? Instead, there is modern fundamentalism in the West pretending to represent ALL OF CHRISTIANITY.  And we need to deconstruct it in favor of the historical, ancient faith.   The process of many exevangelicals is to fault conservative […]