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The Compassion of Christ I generally dislike a scarcity mindset. I dislike it in organizations (including churches), in theology, and in myself. More often than not, consumption, not supply, is the problem. At times, we need to change how we allocate or distribute whatever seems scarce. It can be hard—even impossible—to see how to make these adjustments if we assume …
God knows you. In fact, God loves you because God knows you. Some people have a theology that, at its core, is about how God is out to get them. Words from the Bible that are meant for encouragement and balm become weapons in theology like that. Psalm 139, for example. In Psalm 139, the Psalmist acknowledges that God is …
Dr. Ellen Charry, a professor I once had, explained the incarnation this way: “The story of God in Jesus is not the coming of God to us … rather, in Jesus, God comes as us, so precious are we to God.” Prior to Jesus, God came to humanity through Israel (through Abraham, Jacob, Moses, the prophets, and others). For that …