eternal life
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The Inevitable Search for Eternal Life
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8 min read
In a story we assume is about wealth, Jesus reveals our misconceptions about life, grace, and the human project.
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Beyond a loaf of bread
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6 min read
In calling himself the Bread of Life, Jesus gives us something odd to chew on. That the story isn’t about the man at the center of it.
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In Common
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6 min read
The secret to abundant living is not private ownership, but trusting Jesus: that it isn’t only about my life, but all of our lives.
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“Each day…”
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1 min read
“Each day wake up and ask yourself what will make you feel most alive that day.” -Unknown One of the most significant break throughs for me was realizing the phrase “eternal life” wasn’t endless spiritual immortality – the kind of never-ending boredom of existential nothingness, but something far more profound and effecting. That Jesus offers…
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‘Logan’ and the Cult of the Eternal Present
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8 min read
I remember the first time I experienced the death of a hero in a comic book. It was Cypher. I was all of 8 years old or so. And my comic was The New Mutants. It was a few months after I picked up my first issue, just in time for “The Fall of the…
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What the Kingdom doesn’t look like
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7 min read
Simply getting rid of our stuff isn’t the action Jesus is calling for. Not exactly. Though it is certainly much closer than “GOD wants you to be rich.” Love and inheritance Proper 23B | Mark 10:17-31 A mind-blowing teaching We have arrived in Judea. Days ago we’ve predicted the Passion and watched Jesus transfigured on…