“Church” in our culture is like a holy club for the spiritual elite, with its hallowed buildings, authority-wielding hierarchy, denominational doctrines and rituals that must be obeyed, and mandatory church attendance. There’s no avoiding church, however, because Jesus said he’d build his church, so church is part and parcel of Christianity, but are institutions, buildings, doctrines, [...]
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It’s in us, it seems, to trust anyone but God. All the serpent had to do was say to Adam and Eve “Trust me, God’s lying,” and they believed him, no questions asked, no proof required. God said they’d die, the serpent said they wouldn’t, they believed the serpent, they didn’t believe God. Why? Why [...]
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Jesus healed everyone who asked for healing, and in James 5:14-15 it sounds like God still heals everyone who asks because anyone “anointed with oil in the name of the Lord” will be made well “and the Lord will raise him up.” So why do Christians die from the same illnesses everyone else does? Because [...]
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So we let the Spirit guide us (following up on “Learning to dance with Jesus,” May 1/10) – but how do we know it’s the Spirit guiding us and not our own ideas and motives? Can we know the Spirit is guiding us? Yes, Galatians 3:2. Paul’s asking a group of Christians when they received the [...]
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A lady was describing on radio the secret to dancing so well with a male partner they were beautiful to watch. The secret, she discovered, was making herself “available.” What she meant by that was relaxing in her partner’s arms and letting him take her wherever he wished. She didn’t have to anticipate where he [...]
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