We can cast everyone out who isn’t like us. If they believe something different about God, don’t believe, look different, smell bad…
Anything different warrants them being an outsider.
We can assimilate everyone until they look like us. Power-sell our theology – becoming so overbearing they eventually break down. Crush their arguments with [...]
There is a homeless man that rummages through the trash every day on the street where I pick up coffee.
I’ve tried a few times to intersect with him, but he has changed his routine as the weather warms and I keep missing the opportunity to cross paths.
Yesterday I was sitting inside Starbucks watching [...]
Three minute video from Alan Hirsch on the power of consumerism and the need for disciple-making in the Church:
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