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Is Homosexuality a Sin?: Introduction
[Disclaimer: This blog and the posts contained within it are solely the representation of my personal thoughts and beliefs. They are in no way representative of the thoughts or beliefs of communities or organizations I am involved in or discuss. … Continue reading
Transparency in the Family of God: Some barriers to transparency and how to overcome them.
While I firmly believe transparency should be sought after by followers of Jesus and the Family of God I realize there are some barriers that often keep people and the community from this. I want to talk about a handful … Continue reading
Transparency in the Family of God: My beliefs.
I believe followers of Jesus and the Family of God are inherently required to be transparent. In some cases this means being transparent with one other follower of Jesus or a select few trusted people, but other times it is … Continue reading
Transparency in the Family of God: The tension.
Dysfunctional families always share a core set of rules that everyone is required to obey. One of the central rules is a rule to not talk. This code of silence keeps family members from talking about what is going on … Continue reading
The Denial of the Spiritual Realm in Western Christianity
Years ago, I was doing outreach every Friday night in the Lower-East side of Vancouver, British Columbia. I regularly met with several people including Bev, a First Nations (Native American) woman. One Friday, I met her boyfriend. At the time, … Continue reading
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Pihop, Bethel, Jake Hamilton and the Tensions of Charismatic Faith
One of the interesting dynamics at the School of Supernatural Ministry at Pihop that I am involved in is that it is the combination of two separate movements of the Holy Spirit. On one hand there is Bethel and on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Charismatic, Christianity, Jake Hamilton, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pentecostalism, tensions of faith
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How do we to handle and understand failure in ministry?
The question, “How do we handle and understand failure in ministry?” has been on my mind for some time. In my Pihop/SSM internship we are currently reading God’s Generals by Roberts Liardon. It tells the story of numerous revivalists who did … Continue reading
The Christian Social Economics of Exclusion and Vilification: The Family of God, an alternative approach.
[In previous posts on this point I have explained how the Pharisees became preoccupied with excluding others, with maintaining and observing outwardly observable traditions and laws, and using the Bounded Set paradigm for understanding their own community. This led to … Continue reading
The Christian Social Economics of Exclusion and Vilification: The Pharisees v2.0
The Christian religious system has rather thoroughly replicated the conditions, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and social organization of the Pharisees. This has not surprisingly rather thoroughly replicated the error of the Pharisees and the social economy of the Christian religious system revolves … Continue reading
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Is Homosexuality a Sin?: Approaching the Issue and the Bible through the “Truth mine” Approach
[Disclaimer: This blog and the posts contained within it are solely the representation of my personal thoughts and beliefs. They are in no way representative of the thoughts or beliefs of communities or organizations I am involved in or discuss. … Continue reading →