What if our modern theology of politics is far too simple—and dangerously wrong? The Bible doesn’t paint a picture where every ruler is handpicked by God in a neat, predictable way. Instead, it reveals a cosmic drama of spiritual powers, human leaders, and seats of authority that can be used for justice—or deeply abused. To…
If someone died because I passed coronavirus along to them, was that all a part of God’s plan? I had a neighbor who seemed to frame things that way once. My guess is that he would quote two particular passages in his defense: ….his days are determined, and the number of his months is with…
While it’s hard to view being persecuted in a positive light, the Bible has a lot of good to say about it. Jesus himself said that we are blessed when we’re persecuted and that we should take joy when such things happen. Let’s talk more about this beatitude in this episode of the JXN Cloud!…
Few statements upset me more than the phrase, “Everything happens for a reason”—especially because I always hear people use this statement in reference to God after they were persecuted in some kind atrocious way by Satan. I always respond, “Yeah, it did happen for a reason—and that reason was not God!” God does not want…
The Biblical term election isn’t too hard to comprehend if you just look at it through the lens of the Old Testament; for Israel was God’s chosen community. He elected them to be His nation. In the same way that we are all imagers of God because we are born human, all Israelites were elect…
Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Join us in today’s episode as we talk more about that beatitude.
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In his usual evocative form, Pastor Rob Bell once raised a marker and told his audience to imagine what this 3D object would look like on a 2D plane. From a side perspective it would look like a line, but from another perspective it would look like a circle. And anyone who lived on that…
People turn to select passages in the Bible in order to say that everything is predestined by God. But I just open the Bible at random and point to 99.9% of the rest of it to show the opposite. The whole thing is full of human choice after human choice after human choice. In fact,…
We hunger and thirst for all kinds of things: money, stuff, love, family—and the list goes on. But in the beatitudes Jesus tells us that we’ll really find satisfaction if we pursue righteousness instead. We talk about that and more in today’s episode of JXN Cloud. Join our online church community by logging onto our…
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