Tag: tension

• Apples of Gold

  And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” Luke 20:8 He said to them,“Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”  Luke 20:25 Luke 20 brings us two encounters between Jesus and his culture which centered around his authority.  By…

  Blake

  January 30, 2014

  Church Communications, Church/State issues, leadership, missional, Peacemakers, The Church’s Influence

  apples, Caesar, chief priests, church, culture, gold, government, Jesus, Luke 20, scribes, spies, tension, tongue, words

• Loving Against the Grain

  Tuesday Re-mix – You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him— you who have received the…

  Blake

  October 15, 2013

  Christian Accountability, Church Communications, Church/State issues, leadership, missional, The Church’s Influence

  abortion, Acts 7, church, culture, discrimination, gay, God, grace, hell, lesbian, love, murder, prayer, sacrifice, sin, sinner, Stephen, tension, truth