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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his friends.
Today: Don’t trust your own thinking–you’ll end up thoughtless. Cring explains how it works.
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Jesonian–Troubling (Part 4)… July 22nd, 2017
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Still a bit troubled.
It’s this whole thing about salvation: “By grace you are saved through faith.”
The Apostle Paul shared this sentiment, and it set in motion the essence of the Protestant movement, so that today we are most concerned about the salvation of the soul.
Meanwhile, the emotions, the mind and the physicality of the church members wane, having no better effect than those in the world.
I suppose a case can be made that once we are eternally rescued and given a place in heaven, temporary years on Earth don’t seem quite as valuable.
Of course, one could have that opinion if one had not read the Gospel of Jesus. Jesus was intent on having God’s will done on Earth as it is in heaven.
He believed in personal responsibility.
He challenged his followers to go the second mile.
He told us that those who have purity of heart– emotional clarity–would see God.
He asked us to think about the world around us and how it works.
And certainly, he challenged us to be born again–not merely accepting the frailties of our genetic code, but rather, setting in motion a transformation which makes us “new creatures.”
The church offers soul salvation and then wonders why many people opt for “off-campus” emotional healing, renewing of their minds and physical exercise with healthy eating.
If salvation is a gift, why are we told to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling?
If salvation is a gift, why did Jesus tell Zacchaeus that he had “achieved” it by giving back the money he had stolen?
Imagine how powerful the Christian church could become if we simply taught that the salvation of our souls is an eternal work, demanding the grace of God to inaugurate our emotional healing, renewing of our minds and enhancement of our DNA.
It is troubling.
It is troubling that the church contains people who are going to heaven … yet having a hell of a time getting there.
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Good News and Better News… January 16th, 2017
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If you don’t have the right outlook, you better “look out,” because trouble’s coming.
Everybody knows that.
But sometimes we think we can maintain a bad attitude and still expect good results.
Or we believe it’s not necessary for us to do any more than we’ve already done. God, Nature and people should just be happy we showed up.
Jesus doesn’t mingle well with other religions.
For instance, there’s no such thing as a Christian Buddhist. Jesus taught us to feel; Buddha suggested it was completely unnecessary. Never the twain shall meet.
There is no such thing as Judeo-Christian. Moses espoused an “eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” and Jesus required that we creatively find ways to love our enemies.
And there is certainly no spiritual common ground between Christianity and the Muslim faith. Whereas the Muslims are the children of Abraham and the followers of Mohammed, Jesus was quite insistent that He existed long before either of them.
Christianity is not a temperamental faith, but it is a faith that addresses our temperament. And if you’re going to assist human beings in achieving their goals and becoming better citizens, you must first and foremost teach them to open their hearts.
Yes. We are all emotional people.
It doesn’t matter what culture you come from–any attempt to disguise or dampen the emotions will leave the individual imbalanced.
So if we try to have church without giving everybody an emotional experience, what we’re really advertising is a study group with hymn singing.
No wonder we’re having some trouble with attendance.
- People need to connect.
- They need to feel.
- They need to realize that someone else in the room cares about them.
The Bible needs a face. Yours will do.
But right now, we spend too much time spiritualizing, meditating and promoting Zumba classes. All these things can be wonderful, if they undergird an emotional experience.
Our outlook comes from our feelings, maturing in our spirit, renewing our mind and affecting our life choices.
The good news is that Jesus said “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
The better news is that when we plump up the abundance of our heart with feelings of goodness, we just talk better.
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