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Category Archives: J.Ferris: Church
The Pond
The following thoughts were triggered at a men’s meeting I attended some years ago now. It was in connection with the John Eldredge book “Wild At Heart.” The heart of a man, or the attempt to recapture what a man’s … Continue reading
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“Church,” Coping Mechanisms and Coping Mechanism Practitioners
By normal fundamental/evangelical standards, I “got saved” in a Baptist Church. I don’t think it goes too far to say that ‘getting saved’ has to be, at least, as important, even life changing, as ‘getting healed.’ So God used a Baptist church to get … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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“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 … Continue reading
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Lectures Versus Conversations
To begin with, it’s difficult to take up an offering for a conversation. But that’s not so bad, because lectures and lecturers don’t really lend themselves to the pursuit of truth. Truth is best found in Christ centered conversation, not … Continue reading
Religion is systematic slavery…
Systematic Theology is an oxymoron. God is not a system. God is Spirit! “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 KJV The citizenship of the Kingdom of God … Continue reading
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Loving Like God 