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discipleship missional

On Distorting Sex, Marriage, the Gospel (Live Q&A w/ Dr. Beth Felker Jones)

Like Jesus, we need to overturn the tables of those peddling gender hierarchies within the temple of our bodies.

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Attachment Neuroscience Recent Posts

Technically right, but relationally wrong

Being “technically right” is only half of what is going on.It is only half of what counts as what “really happened”.

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Neuroscience

Why are therapists often the most popular “spiritual” writers?

Because therapists have taken over the role of pastoring, and pastors have gladly become teachings, managers, and leaders.

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Love

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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Attachment

When Attachment Strategies Become Our Identities

The tragedy for many of us is that our childhood survival strategies become subjective identities to be protected

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“Stay in your lane” regarding therapy and theology!

The easy answer is that Christianity lost its authority through abuse and the shift into post-Christendom. But there are deeper realities too.

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discipleship Love Recent Posts theology

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

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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Atonement Attachment Neuroscience Recent Posts

Did God Turn His Face Away From Jesus? or, Why the Neurobiology of Rupture and Repair Matters for Salvation

This time of year, many progress-liberal minded Christians criticize the idea that God “turned away from” or “abandoned” Jesus on the cross.  And most conservative minded Christians take the idea for granted, because God can’t look at sin.   Did God abandon Jesus on the cross?Did the Father forsake the Son in death? Did God turn […]

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Neuroscience

Sharing Attention with God; Or, the Shema according to Neuroscience

Why do children want to show you everything? And what’s it got to do with ancient Israel confession of faith—the Shema? Like I said yesterday, the prophets of distraction (paying to make you pay attention to what they are selling) are trying to gain, and hold, and direct your attention.   But how do you […]

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Neuroscience Recent Posts

Our Brains Create Social Reality

What is the “social construction” of reality?   Is everything just relative and subjective? Is everything just made up?   Or could the social construction of reality have something to do with being made in God’s image? This is what I’m thinking about as I finish up Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new book, Seven and a […]