Drew Downs
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Being Jesus
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3 min read
20. In taking on the form of Christ, we are making God present again and with the people. The Hands and Feet of Christ When I first realized the implications of Paul’s statement, it scared me. As metaphor, referring to the followers of Jesus as his hands and feet is pure beauty. Think about it! It’s…
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We Grow Love Together
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4 min read
19. And it is through these groupings we come to embody the love of Christ in ourselves. Our culture gives us a false impression that we can do life alone. And our churches give us the same false impression about life and much more. It often teaches us that love of God is all that matters…
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The God of Community
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6 min read
18. For God’s greatest activity is in the form of community, as small as twos and threes. I’m going to get right to the point with you. Our primary concern is off base and our solutions are bad. The church is getting it’s view of redemption wrong, which makes it impossible to fix our problem of…
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A Faith Which Imprisons God
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5 min read
17. By faith alone imprisons a God of redemption without transformation or enfleshed mission. I never really understood the idea of justification by faith alone. At one level it made sense, I guess. Reading Paul alongside the Jesus revealed in the gospels, it sorta sounds like that. Believe in Jesus and you’re good. And as…
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Belief Is More Than What You Think
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7 min read
16. The unembodied faith of the mind is a prison, ensnaring the souls of all people, even God! Faith is not the contents of your mind. Despite what many of the faithful demand of each other. Or what the faithless think we believe. Belief isn’t a set of words or rational arguments. Faith isn’t a statement…
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The Parable of the Sharp Dressed Man
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8 min read
in Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus tells a weird parable about wedding banquet and a murderous king. How could this possibly reveal God to us? Proper 23A | Matthew 22:1-14 Remind me not to let Jesus be in charge of the guest list for any future weddings. That guy will let anyone in. Or would he? This…