by David Phillips | Jul 28, 2011 | Formation, Ministry, Theology
I was thinking the other day over the phrase “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.” As I meditated on that verse it wasn’t the with part that captivated me. I get that Jesus basically says to love God with your whole...
by David Phillips | May 10, 2011 | Formation, Theology of Journey, Change Theology
Fear. The opposite of Love is not hate. The opposite of love is fear. What does scripture say? Perfect love casts out: Hate? Pain? Anger? Fluffy the vampire bat? No, perfect love casts out fear. Fear is the base emotion. One of the brain structures that is primary to...
by David Phillips | Mar 10, 2011 | Theology, Hell
In this post, I want to draw from Stanley Grenz’s book Theology for the Community of God. Grenz offers great insight into the New Testament’s view of hell by giving us three metaphors that encompass the totality of the the experience. He in the end, shows...
by David Phillips | Mar 8, 2011 | Lifestyle, Gospel
I friend I met in several months ago has made several excellent blog posts on how Christians are perceived. She invites us to sit at the table with a good cup of coffee and listen tot he dialog with her. She is “inviting all of you to simply sit at the table...
by David Phillips | Dec 10, 2010 | Quotes
We must find the freedom to step over our wounds and the courage to forgive those who have wounded us. The real danger is to get stuck in anger and resentment. Then we start living as “the wounded one,” always complaining that life isn’t...
