I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude lately. I think gratitude – thankfulness, appreciation, value – has a very underrated foundational role in virtue and vice. Legalism, the kind of self-righteous Christianity that is all about control, guilt, power, pride and perfection, really has beneath it a sick and hollowed out sense of gratitude. Grace begets […]
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One of the things that drew me most to C.S. Lewis when I was an early Christian was Lewis’ writing on and amplification of “joy.” On the 50th anniversary of his death of C.S. Lewis, I thought I would re-post some thoughts and a video on his concept of joy. Joy, for Lewis, was a particularly
Guest Post by Jeff Caliguire I could tell she felt uncomfortable. The only woman in a leader’s gathering of sixteen other men. “There were other women invited,” I told her. “One just texted me that she had something come up and needed to cancel.” She smiled awkwardly, and without her needing to say it, I
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I’ve been thinking through something this past week that I’ll probably put into a full message. The main idea basically goes like this: there are people who call themselves Christians who are on an inevitable path to walk away from the church and God. I call these people Terminal Christians. In the past, when America was a
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As we continue the Give Thanks series at Antioch I recently spoke on Philippians 2 and the way of humility and humiliation in the Christian life. Often when we think of God’s will for our lives, we think it comes with glory, honor and pleasure. We think we’ll get what we want because God gives
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Rick McKinley serves as Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Community. He and his wife, Jeanne, and their four kids moved to Portland, Oregon in October of 2000 to plant the church. Since then, Imago Dei has been voted one of the Top 25 Most Innovative Churches in the Country by Outreach Magazine and Portland Monthly Magazine
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The trade you are seeking—taking what you have, what you know, what you value— The risk you are hazarding—putting relationships, faith and integrity on the line— To the gambler hungry for pleasure and instant gratification. To the gambler believing the lie. To the one who thinks the idol you’re worshipping won’t devour you in turn.
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Dr. Brian Fikkert is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development, a research and training center that is dedicated to helping churches and missionaries to declare the kingdom of God by bringing economic development and spiritual transformation to the poor. Brian also serves as a Professor of Economics and Community
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“The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world…” Benjamin Disraeli, 19th Century British Statesman I’m in the midst of an opportunity to explore Israel as well as learn from Israeli and Palestinian academics, leaders and peace workers on the complexity of the issues in the Middle East. Amidst the messiness of conflict, there is still beauty.
Guest Post by James Warrick A guy I’m coaching asked a great question, “How do I know that what I am hearing is God and not me? How can I discern between God’s voice and my own voice? I don’t want to tell people ‘God told me this…’ and it not be right.” Most people
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