12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:12-13) Love is Self-Sacrificial One of the many distinctions between the one true God and every other false religion is that the one true God […]
Joshua
A Different Shade of Green
Every once in a while I will write a book review. This one is instigated by my friend Alex Aton who says he needs a book report on a particular book I was reading. However, this will not be a pure book review. It will be a combination of a review of Gordon Wilson’s A […]
The Pattern of Heaven on Earth
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. […]
The Vine and the Branches: Fruit or Fire
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do […]
Christianity as Religion
Christianity is in fact a religion. Indeed it is the one true religion. The effort to trade in the timeless structure and order of the Church for “it’s just a relationship” goo is part to blame for where we are. You can’t build civilizations on goo. You need a firm foundation and strong structures that […]