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“When politics divides your own church or family, what has helped you keep loving the people you disagree with while staying true to what your faith asks of you?”
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https://www.integralchristiannetwork.org/learn-books I read a lot about Integral Christianity in German. This internet page in English seems to be solid information too. Integral Theory thinks that there are different stages in the development of consciousness.... I have two central complaints about Christianity. One, it requires you to believe absurdities. Two, it engenders certainty in a large subset of it’s adherents. ”Not all Christians!” Sure. There are chill Christians who are just doing their thing.... - onrencently i've been playing with referencing Quakers in my mind whenever someone says "Christian"by
Weren't there a lot of proto-christian sects back then too, like the Desert Fathers, coptics, and many more? I don't think there was ever a single united Christianity.
rencently i've been playing with referencing Quakers in my mind whenever someone says "Christian"
A lot of people I hang around with seem to think "Christianity" is a single thing, rather than 45,000 different denominations with wildly different beliefs.... “When a system demands that you choose between obedience to God and obedience to the system, where will your allegiance be?”
That question would have meant something to Christians living under the Roman Empire, and it continues to be one reason Revelation has remained so influential. The passage ultimately presents a reversal. The people who appear powerless are given authority.... - John r Blake...
"Prayer us a technology." This is an incredible observation. I propose am edit: prayer is a Divine technology offered to each of us freely. Dr Stanley once taught: prayer was not A PART OF JESUS LIFE. Prayer WAS Jesus Life.... from thomas keating: prayer hands pointing up is a material symbol of gathering all your faculties together and pointing them toward God. contemplating a "sacred" word is a mental pointer in the same way.... - John r Blake...
Blessed to be a blessing...
Whenever God wants to bless us (and thats ALL THE TIME), He does so thru other people. It is YOU AND i that He uses to bless others.
- OlCoot...
I'm Hank. I've had an interesting life, and rarely had to worry about being bored. I'm a US Marine, Vietnam veteran, retired military. I'm a former LA policeman, volunteer firefighter, and Paramedic/ambulance operator.... Man doesn't get to set the intensity or sliding scale of any sin against God. David said it plainly after adultery and murder: “Against you, you only, have I sinned” (Psalm 51:4).... - Serpardum...
The easist way to explain it to you is that I am a prophet. I know for a fact. You may not believe that I am, but that doesn't change the truth, OR the bible. Jesus said to get to heaven love your neighbor as yourself. He did NOT say worship God. That is the docrtine of men.... - bejai89...
THE GLORY OF LONG SUFFERING
The Glory of Long Suffering By Brynel Begishe I have learned that darkness does not always conquer by sudden assault. Sometimes it creeps in slowly, when I learn to ignore my own inner shadows.... - bejai89...
~YOU ARE YOUR LAST HOPE~
Every system eventually fails you. The institution closes its doors, the preacher falls from grace, the doctrine crumbles under the weight of lived reality. The prosperity promise goes unfulfilled. The fear wears thin. The outrage finds a new target.... - bejai89...
You make a valid point—gold is inherently precious, and true transformation removes what distorts it. But there’s a difference between describing the fire and standing in it.... - johnpaul156...
This is not the usual way of Christian churches. Brian Sanders wrote Microchurches: A Smaller Way. He discussed doing worship, talking over each other's problems, eating meals together - including the Lord's Supper, and working together on some mission as a small group of people...