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Relational Deism
De·ism:
1. Belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation.
2. Belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it.
A recent encounter with some new friends struck me with something this morning:
What’s been calling itself “church” practices relational Deism. This is to say, they give God credit for being present, and active among His people, but refuse to believe that He is also active in the formation of relationships among believers.
The God I know, both from His Word, and experientially is Lord of relationships gender neutral, which is to say, without regard to gender.
Love!
Posted in Love, Perspective, Relationship, Revelation, Life, Intimacy, Truth
Tagged Deism, gender neutral, Lord of relationship, Relationships
Starry Night by George Dunn
I received a couple of things by my friend George Dunn. He was not at last year’s Global Gathering, but heard about what I had shared there and contacted me.
We have since become very close in The Lord. George is the real deal. He had set aside his guitar over 20 years go when The Lord convicted him of entertaining rather than leading worship. He brought his guitar here to the cabin for his most recent visit, (on the 11th) and played this song, the words of which he had written.
It was mid-afternoon, when he sang to us, not normally the time when the birds are chirping, but when he began to play, the birds came near, and sang with him. We couldn’t help but think they had come to show God’s approval. 
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Posted in Current Events, Intimacy, Life, Love, Perspective, Relationship, Revelation, Truth, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, singing, Starry Night, visiting the sick
Female Circumcision
I saw something in the context of a conversation with some very close friends. It came to light, so to speak, as we shared the content of a book that had been urged on us by another good friend, Jon Zens.
The author, Tim Wilson had come to know Jon years ago a when he contacted Jon after reading an article in Jon’s SEARCHING TOGETHER magazine. The title of the book is: “Worthless People.”
I shared with my friends that it is Tim’s story. He was born in Africa to American missionary parents, and was pretty much abandoned to the Africans – the “worthless people” who saved him. It is a very interesting book!
Among other things Tim writes about the practice of “cutting the women,” (female circumcision). In the context of our conversation here on Friday I saw this as the kind of circumcision that what has been calling itself “church” has been practicing on women, and right from the beginning – Luke 24:11
What’s been calling itself “church” is designed only for the pleasure of men, the preeminence of men, the experience of spiritual intimacy (such as it is) only for men – the passion of the Christ only for the men – none of it to be shared with the women, that is taboo.
All of the African tribes do not practice the “cutting” the women, but all of what has been calling itself “church” certainly does.
Some years ago now I came to understand the prohibition against the mark of the beast, 666, “the number of a man,” Revelation 13:18, 14:11: “There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.” as “Don’t let man do a number on you.” or in light of what I am sharing here: “Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.” Galatians 5:2 NIV
Women are not included or thought of as equal partners. If that were true then the women would have to be included in spiritual relationships and all that that includes of the oneness that was in the Godhead from the beginning including all the intimacy, all the passion, all the ecstasy, all the satisfaction, all the validation, all the giftedness, and all the identification…
This is not to ignore:
“A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God.” Romans 2:8, 9
Here is what I would call the racial, economic, gender neutral-version: (Galatians 3:28)
“A person is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew if they are one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from men, but from God.”
This speaks of the spiritual version of Old Testament circumcision, which was designed for cleanliness and sensitivity: (Acts 7:51: “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.” KJV) Spiritual circumcision is a circumcision of a different order. It is gender neutral, and it is designed to increase sensitivity to spiritual intimacy, not dull it.
We are not speaking of the lust of the flesh or fleshly intimacy here, but the spiritual intimacy that is ours in relationships that comes from God… gender neutral.
Love!
Posted in Current Events, Freedom, Hope, Intimacy, Liberty, Life, Love, Perspective, Relationship, Reproduction, Revelation, Truth
Tagged circumcision, gender equality, gender neutral, inclusion, intimacy, recognition, sensitivity
“It Is Finished!”
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, ‘It is finished:’ and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” John 19:30 KJV
“It is finished.” This is the cry of Jesus from the cross, but a good friend recently misquoted it as, “All is finished.”
That really hit me with the fact that “It” included “All.” It was a very short trip from there to begin to explore what that “All” might include. It certainly included “all” that had gone before, not only the first man Adam, but all that is flesh, and blood, and old creation and law – “All.”
Everything we ever were in the flesh was included in His death. This is what makes it possible for everything we were ever meant to be to rise with Him in His resurrection. We are a new creation. Old things have passed away. Behold all things have become new.
Love!
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Tagged All is finished, It is finished, New Creation, passed away
“It’s All Right With Me”
When we leave our first love, we sing another love song. Here is Ella Fitzgerald’s version of that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0j5kAG4AU
Just in case you missed all of that, here are the lyrics:
“It’s the wrong time and the wrong place
Though your face is charming, it’s the wrong face
It’s not His face, but such a charming face
That it’s all right with me
It’s the wrong song in the wrong style
Though your smile is lovely, it’s the wrong smile
It’s not His smile, but such a lovely smile
So it’s all right with me
You can’t know how happy I am that we’ve met
I’m strangely attracted to you
There’s someone I’m trying so hard to forget
Don’t you want to forget someone, too?
It’s the wrong game with the wrong chips
Though your lips are tempting, they’re the wrong lips
They’re not His lips, but they’re such tempting lips
That if some night you’re free
well, it’s all right
Yes, it’s all right with me.”
Here is the thought map that brought me to the above song:
The first thought was,
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men, (religious experts) of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.” Luke 7:30-32 KJV.
The problem here is that the religious experts are piping the wrong tune, and singing the wrong dirge.
It’s not Jesus’ Song.
His song is the “Song of Songs!” That is the only love song strong, passionate, and intimate enough to serve authentic relationship with, and in Him.
By the time we get to the end of The Book we see that the Beast, the Harlot, the adulterers, and merchants are all singing the wrong song.
Sad to say, but what’s been calling itself “church” has been buying into this for millennia – at least since Diotrephes, 4th, (3rd) John 9, 10. Please note that the minimum price of the experts sitting in the marketplace is recognition.
This has to do with dealing with rejection, and leadership that rejects the authentic saints. John promised to deal with the rejecting leadership of his day, and we still need to deal with this same problem in our day, as lead by the Holy Spirit. By now the problem has gotten much worse, just as predicted:
“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:13 KJV
In short, when we leave our first love the above song becomes our misplaced worship.
Love!
The First Commandment With Promise
Please note that this is not a promise made to parents in exchange for honoring their children. No! This is a promise made to children for honoring their parents. The promise is that, “it may go well with you, and your days long upon the land.”
The reason is because the parents are a generation ahead of their children where the art/business of living is concerned. The reason should be clear to everyone, and not so long ago it was clear, but not today. Today children may know more about computers and cell phones, but no longer seem to know that there is more to life than Facebook and computer games – things like authentic face to face relationships, for instance.
This generational head start applies over the course of an entire lifetime. It’s even better than GPS.
In fairness to the children, it seems that they get wounded by parental dysfunction at an earlier and earlier age, and so are predisposed to avoid real relationships, because that’s where they have been wounded time and time again. To enter the kingdom of God we must enter as a child prior to their wounding, prior to their knowledge of good and evil.
Love!
P.S. I want to encourage you I connection with the most important book on this subject of parenting that I have ever read – “Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers.”
Posted in Current Events, Freedom, Hope, Life, Perspective, Relationship, Reproduction, Truth
Tagged children, dysfunction, honor, parents, promise, wounding
