Beginning at the point of our believing that it is God’s desire to forgive, confession becomes not a morbid discipline, not a dark groveling in the mud and mire of life, not a fearful response to a wrathful, angry God who is out to get us if we don’t shape up. Rather, confession becomes an act of anticipation, a response to the unconditional call of God’s love…
What should evangelism look like in the 21s century? In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Kimberly Reisman explains that though evangelism is always contextual, it can and should be defined by our posture before others. She proposes the posture of embrace and explains how this relates to God’s work in evangelism.
Formation is not only about the spirit. Human persons are embodied spirits, and as such, we cannot separate our spiritual selves from our physical, emotional and material selves. When you have a sick heart, your whole world likely feels sick, and vice-versa. Proverbs 17:22 says it pointedly, “A crushed spirit dries up the bones.” To over spiritualize our formation and distance it from the bodily experience of life is to foster deformation.
January 7, 2015 Proverbs 7:1-4 (read the whole chapter) My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple
