personal or covenant?
could this be a semantic difference? [1] a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ will give you the hope, joy, strength, and courage to face anything in life, and [2] a covenantal relationship between God and the believer, who is fully accepted in Christ, and will receive God’s grace for everyday life.
“People wrestle sometimes making movies,” Edward Norton said. “I think conflict is a very essential thing. If the reasons everyone is pushing each other have to do with a group desire to make things as good as possible, that’s a great thing! And I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.” I think this should be true of church life as well - conflict is a good thing.
living well, relating well
have had 2 good interactions about the issue (problem?) of how there’s so much Bible teaching, but little life transformation.. many people attending churches and gaining Bible knowledge, but they’re not better people for having that. The thoughts that were shared with me are: (1) instead of evaluating a church on its content and programs, let’s see if their people are living well; (2) instead of judging people on their personal spiritual life, observe how well they relate to others, if they are relating to others as Christ would.
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mixed motives
caught a fascinating movie the other day, Catch Me If You Can, with DiCaprio and Hanks.. I was certainly more intrigued with how the main character was able to think on his feet and turn hopeless situations into elusive escapes and eventual personal development, albeit with mixed motives.. afterward, read this statement of clarification from Frank W. Abagnale, nicely written. I liked the way he honestly described his perspective, without getting nit-picky about every little embellishment.
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