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Friday Lights: A Theologian Goes to Hollywood
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Suffering, Theodicy
Each Friday we post content sent to us by our readers that is inspiring, funny, lighthearted or just generally fun. If you’d like more information on submitting content for this feature you can get more information here….
6 Ways Satan Hinders the Church
Category: General
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Though Satan is in principle defeated, we still need to be rescued “from the present evil age” (Gal 1:4) and to “struggle … against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this…
Giant Jesus
Category: General
Tags: Church, Discipleship, Incarnation
Topics: The Church
Yesterday’s post featured a video of Greg sharing about the role of the church in manifesting God’s character to the world. Here are some follow-up thoughts on that topic. The NT often uses the metaphor…
Manifesting God’s Character
Category: General, Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: The Church, The Kingdom of God, The Work of the People
Topics: The Church
What is the role of the church in God’s kingdom? Greg says that the role of the church is to be who we are. Then our doing flows out of our being. When we are who we…
5 Distinctions of God’s Kingdom
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this World, Nationalism
Topics: Following Jesus
Jesus said that his kingdom was “not from this world,” for it contrasts with the kingdom of the world in every possible way. This is not a simple contrast between good and evil. The contrast…
Friday Lights: Jesus Isn’t Always the Answer
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Friday Lights, Humor
Each Friday we post content sent to us by our readers that is inspiring, funny, lighthearted or just generally fun. If you’d like more information on submitting content for this feature you can get more information here. The…
Lord Willing?
Category: General
Tags: Death, Jessica Kelley, Problem of Evil, Suffering, Warfare Worldview
Topics: The Problem of Evil
Lord Willing? Wrestling with God’s Role in My Child’s Death, by Jessica Kelley In November 2012, I received one of the most touching emails I have ever received. A young mother named Jessica Kelley explained…
Violent Thinking
Category: General
Tags: Enemy Love, Non-Violence, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
When most people think of violence, they think of physical violence. But the truth is that our actions are only violent because our hearts and minds are violent first. For this reason, Jesus emphasizes purging…
The Radically Distinct Kingdom of God
Category: General
Tags: Enemy Love, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this World, Nationalism, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Yesterday, we posted a video where Greg mentioned the radical distinction between the kingdom of God and the governments of the world. The following explains this distinction further. Nothing is more important to the cause…
Nations and Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Nationalism, The Sword, The Work of the People, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
In this video by The Work of the People, Greg shares why there is no such thing as a Christian nation. Nations are not the kind of things that turn the other cheek, love their…
Friday Lights: Refuge
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Compassion, Friday Lights, Love, Refugees, Sacrifice
Each Friday we post content sent to us by our readers that is inspiring, funny, lighthearted or just generally fun. If you’d like more information on submitting content for this feature you can get more information here….
Our True Eternal Home
Category: General
Tags: Discipleship, Identity in Christ, Jesus
Topics: Following Jesus
In becoming our sin and bearing the death-consequences of sin, Christ has opened the way for us to participate in the fellowship of the triune God. Because of the cross, we are now free to…
What Jesus Revealed About Being Human
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Jesus, Love, Salvation, Sin
According to the creation story, when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they essentially ceased being the wonderful, God-centered, God-dependent human beings the Creator intended them to be. They became less than fully human. Instead,…
Starting to Smell
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Death, Heaven, The Work of the People
Topics: Death and Salvation
What happens to you when you die? Do we immediately go to heaven as is commonly thought? What can we learn from near death experiences? In this short video, Greg speaks to what the Bibles…
Friday Lights: Perspective
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Friday Lights, Inspiration
Each Friday we’ll be posting content sent to us by our readers that is inspiring, funny, lighthearted or just generally fun. If you’d like more information on submitting content for this feature you can get…
3 Traits of a Jesus Kind of Church
Category: General
Tags: Church, Judgment, Love, Mercy
Topics: The Church
A Jesus kind of church (See an introductory post on this here) is called to represent God, just as Christ did. The church is Christ continuing to manifest the true God. Bonhoeffer put it this…
A Jesus Kind of Church
Category: General
Tags: Church, Judgment, Love, Religious Idolatry
Topics: The Church
The church can only be the conduit of God’s love if it stops judging others (See yesterday’s post). This means that it will stop being concerned about its reputation in the eyes of those who…
The “Rising Revolution” Conference
Category: General
Tags: Upcoming Conference
Are you a person or group that has awakened to the truth that the kingdom that Jesus inaugurated looks much more beautiful than the traditional Christendom model of the Church? Have you caught the vision of…
