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2020-03-04T17:40:21+00:00

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How I Love My Bendable Jesus

Last updated on: March 4, 2020 at 5:40 pm By Keith Giles

Oh bendable, poseable Jesus, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I love how I can bend my Jesus away from all the non-violent “love your enemy” talk and dismiss the Prince of Peace stuff by simply twisting my little Jesus over to the “go and buy a sword” version I love so much. I love how I can pose my bendable Jesus into the war-mongering, sinner-slaughtering white horse-riding Jesus with the sword in his mouth, slashing his... Read more

2020-02-27T23:15:37+00:00

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How The Light Spills Out

Last updated on: February 27, 2020 at 11:15 pm By Keith Giles

Last weekend, Wendy and I visited the local Quaker meeting here in El Paso. The majority of the time together is spent in contemplative silence as we each recognize the “inner light” of Christ’s presence and quietly rest in the stillness. During this half hour session, I was overwhelmed by the peace of God’s presence. I felt very snuggly and safe in that space. It was an experience I never wanted to end. But, then I began to think about... Read more

God's Love

Preemptive Love

2020-02-26T16:45:53+00:00

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Return Of The Love Buts (A New Hope)

Last updated on: February 26, 2020 at 4:45 pm By Keith Giles

Some of you may have been following the saga of the “Love Buts” that started last week here on the blog, and then followed up with a rebuttal. Today I have great news to share. The Story So Far…. After publishing a post here – Attack of the Love Buts – about how many Christians often want to balance my comments like “God IS Love” and “Those who live in love live in God and God in them” with corrections... Read more

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God's Love

Preemptive Love

2020-02-19T17:21:46+00:00

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The Love Buts Strike Back

Last updated on: February 19, 2020 at 5:21 pm By Keith Giles

Yesterday I posted an article here “Attack of the Love Buts” about how some Christians just can’t stand the idea of God being love without penciling in the idea that “God is also a God of Wrath”. This morning I woke up to this delightful email from a brother in Christ: “Dear Keith…I am afraid that you are distorting the Scriptures – ….just as you quote many Scriptures saying that God is love, so too, could we quote a balance... Read more

2020-02-19T00:32:12+00:00

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Attack Of The Love Buts

Last updated on: February 19, 2020 at 12:32 am By Keith Giles

Try this experiment. Step 1: Post “God is Love” on Facebook or Twitter. Step 2: Wait 10 minutes. Step 3: Read dozens of posts from Christians who are eager to remind you that God is love, BUT God is also a God of wrath. This is my life. Almost every single week. I get responses from Christians – always Christians – who cannot allow a post like “God is love and all who live in love live in God,... Read more

2020-06-12T20:38:13+00:00

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3 Lies Christians Believe

Last updated on: June 12, 2020 at 8:38 pm By Keith Giles

For the longest time I believed these 3 lies. The Gospel is about saying a prayer so you can go to Heaven when you die. The Father turned His face away from Jesus on the cross. God is too Holy to be in the presence of sin. The Gospel is NOT about saying a prayer so you can go to heaven when you die. The Gospel [Good News] is found by reading the Gospels [Matthew, Mark, Luke or John] and... Read more

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Deconstruction

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Preemptive Love

2020-02-13T17:13:56+00:00

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Why I Reject The 5 Fold Ministry

Last updated on: February 13, 2020 at 5:13 pm By Keith Giles

“Do you believe in the Five Fold Ministry?” Someone asked me this very question the other day, and after a lot of thought and research I’ve finally got my answer – “No. I don’t.” Perhaps it would help if I were to clarify what I mean? First of all, in case you don’t know what I’m talking about, the Five Fold Ministry is a concept taken from one single passage in the New Testament (Ephesians 4:11-13) which says: “So Christ... Read more

2020-02-12T18:09:15+00:00

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Please Stop Begging God To Be Good

Last updated on: February 12, 2020 at 6:09 pm By Keith Giles

For most of my Christian life, I was trained to pray to God a certain way. This form of petitionary prayer is essentially an exercise in begging God to be merciful, or kind or loving towards us or those we love most. Honestly, this is how I’ve prayed to God for over 40 years now. But recently I’ve started to realize how pointless and stupid this is. Why? Because what I’m doing is begging God to be good, and that... Read more

2020-02-07T21:16:37+00:00

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From Flat Bible To Living Word Of God

Last updated on: February 7, 2020 at 9:16 pm By Keith Giles

For those who are Deconstructing their faith, the common denominator for many of them is a complete overhaul of how they see and understand the Bible. To put it another way: Once you realize that God didn’t write the Bible and that we did, you’ve taken your first step outside of the fear-based traditional Christian control machine. Because more often than not the Bible is used as a bludgeon to keep Christians safely behind the razor wire of religious captivity.... Read more

Biblicism

Deconstruction

2020-01-31T23:49:57+00:00

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Unity: Our Forgotten Secret

Last updated on: January 31, 2020 at 11:49 pm By Keith Giles

Dozens of studies, surveys and reports all confirm the fact that the Christian Church in America is in decline, shrinking, dying out and becoming more internally divided than ever before. We’re polarized over political tribalism. We’re separated by our doctrines. We’re scattered apart by our differences. It’s nothing new, but at least there was a time when our leaders would fight for unity and work hard to mend wounds and heal the divide. Not much anymore. I spent a few... Read more

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