MORALISTIC PHARISEE:
I disregard you because you aren’t as virtuous, well-behaved, and doctrinaire as I am.
'GRACE' PHARISEE:
I disregard you because you aren’t as kind, accepting, and inclusive as I am.
God help us all.
Ken Griffey Jr. has the greatest swing in all the history of baseball. It was poetry in motion.
56 HR in back-to-back years. Never even associated with PEDs. By far the most prolific CLEAN HR hitter during the Steroid Era.
And I say all of this as a Cubs fan.
#LongGoneSummer
Christians, you can identify with a political party without allowing the party to become part of your identity.
If you feel the need to defend your party everytime the other side makes a critique, you probably have an unhealthy relationship with the party.
#NewChristianPolitics
Christianity isn’t just a flavor of ideological conservatism or progressivism. It’s something different altogether.
Social Justice (&) Moral Order
#AND2020
Being conservative or progressive on every single issue is intellectually lazy & unfaithful. Critique and push back on these flawed ideologies.
Make conservatism sympathize & pursue racial justice.
Make progressivism acknowledge absolute truth & the sanctity of life. #AND2020
The problem with a lot of Christian political engagement is that it isn’t Christian.
Conservatives put a clergy collar on rugged individualism and call it Christian.
Progressives put a Jesus piece on expressive individualism and call it Gospel-centered.
#AND2020
Young Christians are going to seek out a concept of social justice. If they can’t get it from the church then they’ll get it from secular sources.
If that’s problematic for you (it should be) then don’t dismiss social justice, show them a biblical way to pursue it. #AND2020
Church people think about how to get people into the church; kingdom people think about how to get the church into the world...kingdom people work to see the church change the world. - Howard Snyder
"In 100 years if Christians are people identified as those who do not kill their children or their elderly, we'll have been doing something right." Stanley Hauerwas in 2017
"Just as when a sunbeam falls on bright and transparent bodies, they themselves become brilliant too, and shed forth a fresh brightness from themselves, so souls wherein the Spirit dwells, illuminated by the Spirit,
“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake.”
“I was glad when they said unto me, ‘We will go into the house of the LORD.’” Psalm 122:1
I have decided to pray this opening prayer every morning until we get to gather in person again. I have such hopefully expectation for that day in my heart this morning.