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2018-12-05T05:05:59+00:00

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When God Seems Far Away

Last updated on: December 5, 2018 at 5:05 am By Keith Giles

Never underestimate the power of sitting in silence. I try to do this at least a few times every week. It helps me to connect with God and gain some much-needed perspective about what really matters in life – and what really doesn’t. The other day, as I sat in silence, this is what I started to be reminded of by the Holy Spirit: *The Kingdom of God is within. *Christ abides in me, and I abide in Christ. *Christ... Read more

God's Love

Preemptive Love

Theology

2018-12-04T02:12:39+00:00

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Those Who Trust In Christ Will Die

Last updated on: December 4, 2018 at 2:12 am By Keith Giles

Reading through David Bentley-Hart’s New Testament translation each night before I go to sleep has been challenging. Mostly because I tend to discover something I haven’t noticed before and it keeps my mind working all night trying to make sense of it. Last night was such a night. Wendy and I read through chapter 11 of the Gospel of John and there was a notation about an alternate way of rendering Jesus’s words about the fate of those who put... Read more

Gospel of the Kingdom

Theology

2018-11-29T23:52:35+00:00

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Forsaking Church As We Know It To Experience Church As God Intended

Last updated on: November 29, 2018 at 11:52 pm By Keith Giles

Someone once said that if you want to save something, you first have to destroy it. This was more in the context of art or fashion, mind you, but it does have applications in a few other areas. Like, the Church, for instance. Church as we know it is really more of a recent development in Western culture. It honestly bears very little resemblance to what the original Christians used to practice about 2,000 years ago in Palestine... Read more

Discipleship

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Following Jesus

2018-11-29T16:47:10+00:00

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Our Divine Potential

Last updated on: November 29, 2018 at 4:47 pm By Keith Giles

The question usually gets framed as something like: “Do you believe that humans are all born in original sin?” or “Do humans have a sin nature?” For me, the problem is in the question itself. It assumes the answer before anyone can really consider all the variables. As an example, we could factually say that every human being goes to the bathroom on a regular basis. So, does that mean that humans are poopers by nature? Well, yes, but is... Read more

2018-11-28T02:15:17+00:00

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No Jesus? No Christ. Know Jesus? Know Christ.

Last updated on: November 28, 2018 at 2:15 am By Keith Giles

Trying to clarify a bit more how I understand the Christ consciousness, as some call it. I’ve already written a few posts recently about how being Christlike is not the same as being Christ, and about how Jesus and Christ are synonymous. However, I still feel like there’s one more thing I need to stress: You can’t talk about Christ without talking about Jesus. In my ongoing dialog with a few of my friends who see Christ as being independent of Jesus,... Read more

Cosmic Christ

Discipleship

Following Jesus

2018-11-24T22:05:10+00:00

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Christlike (But Not Christ)

Last updated on: November 24, 2018 at 10:05 pm By Keith Giles

The other day, a friend responded to one of my posts by saying that I reminded him of Christ because of something I did or said. That was a blessing. I honestly do have a very real desire to be like Christ, and so whenever someone says they can see Christ in me, it really means a lot. However, after that comment, my friend went on to say that I was Christ, which I think I can honestly say... Read more

Cosmic Christ

Discipleship

Following Jesus

2018-11-21T21:06:01+00:00

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Undeserved Love?

Last updated on: November 21, 2018 at 9:06 pm By Keith Giles

There we were, sitting in a new church on a Sunday morning. Having just moved to a new town only a month ago, after living in Southern California for 25 years, my wife and I were mostly looking for an opportunity to gather with other Christ-followers. Our long-term plan is still to start another house church family here, but in the meantime, we were just looking for an opportunity to fellowship. So, the worship set that morning was... Read more

Following Jesus

God's Love

Preemptive Love

2018-11-21T20:44:47+00:00

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In Defense of Brian Zahnd

Last updated on: November 21, 2018 at 8:44 pm By Keith Giles

Back in 2015, I posted an article called “Not A Sin?” on my previous blog site called ‘Subversive1’, after several weeks of showing the post to a handful of people I respected, and especially those who were members of the LGBTQ community. My concerns were two-fold: One, I wanted to be sure that my response was solid from a scriptural standpoint, and Two, I really wanted to be careful not to inadvertently insult or belittle my friends who were... Read more

Discipleship

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God's Love

LGBTQ Issues

2018-11-19T23:30:04+00:00

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Childlike Wisdom

Last updated on: November 19, 2018 at 11:30 pm By Keith Giles

It was about 9 years ago. I was sitting in the floor of our den, surrounded by our house church family, and one little boy from our neighborhood who had started to join us, along with his even younger brother and sister. His name was Parker, and he was six years old, going on 26. Smarter and sharper and more clever than any other six-year-old I had ever met before. The first person to greet us when we had moved... Read more

Discipleship

Following Jesus

God's Love

Gospel of the Kingdom

Preemptive Love

2018-11-15T23:53:44+00:00

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Thankful Every Hour

Last updated on: November 15, 2018 at 11:53 pm By Keith Giles

Now that we’ve moved to Idaho, Wendy and I are really starting to miss our house church family back in Orange County, California. Here’s one of my favorite memories from our time together with those wonderful people: One Sunday, after our house church gathering in the morning, we shared a potluck lunch together. These were always pretty amazing, on both the food and fellowship scale. On that particular afternoon, our conversation started to drift into an exploration of “What Makes Us... Read more

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