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Sermon 9-14-25, Ex 32:7-14, Lk 15: 1-10   The scripture for today really caused me to lean into my identity as a chaplain – and a word of warning – a chaplain will likely leave you with more questions than answers… The role of a chaplain is to ask questions that support others in remembering and reconnecting with their own coping strategies and belief systems One question that today's scripture brings up is What is the nature of God?   /        /        / This is a question that I often explore with patients I think of the 50-year-old woman with newly diagnosed triple-negative breast cancer – a very aggressive and difficult-to-treat cancer -- who finds the courage to ask “Is God punishing me for something?” as she comes to terms with how every aspect of her life is now upended and at risk /        /        / What is the nature of God?   This is an age-old question that humankind continues to wrestle with Not only among various religious traditions But also within Christianity Maybe especially within Christianity This disagreement is understandable – as we have two conflicting examples of God's nature in scripture today. In Exodus, the Lord says to Moses: “…Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them” (Ex. 32:10) /        /        / Then in Luke Jesus likens God to one who continues to seek, welcome and rejoice over humankind – especially those who have “been lost” Throughout scripture we can find examples of God's nature to justify whatever perspective we choose to hold As we can with most issues Is God slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love or punishing sinners in judgement? Perhaps the more challenging debate lies within the questions about ourselves What do we believe?    How do we live out those beliefs? How do we respond when we inevitably bump up against life circumstances and people who challenge those beliefs? /        /        /        / I utilize psychology and sociology often as a chaplain, and draw upon those studies as I reflect on theology – the study of God – today Anthropomorphism is placing human attributes on things or beings that are not human We do this with our pets all the time, imagining their mood or desires We do this with plants and trees, imagining the grass is crying out in despair after days without rain – or rejoicing after the rain finally comes It's easy with these examples to recognize how we're likely projecting ourselves onto our dog or cat or lawn But what about with God? Might we also project ourselves onto who we wish God to be? /        /        /        / So I read and reflect upon today's scripture with the awareness that anthropomorphism and projecting are real I also reflect on them from an Internal Family Systems perspective which acknowledges that we have different, and sometimes competing parts of ourselves that influence our thoughts and behavior This acknowledges how at times there is a part of myself that wants my enemy to suffer AND a part of myself that wants to extend compassion to my enemy /        /        /        / Going back to the reading from Exodus with this perspective I think about Moses Moses who at the beginning of his call story begged God to pick someone else – anyone else – to do this work Moses who realized the difficulty of his call and lamented the grumbling and complaining of the Israelites to God Moses who continually turned around and devoted himself to guiding and teaching these people who kept messing up and falling short of “the plan” Moses who today implored God to return to God's good nature – and changed God's mind /        /        /        / The Israelites built the golden calf and began worshipping it instead of God This is the famous example of idolatry that Abrahamic traditions reference But, it also demonstrates humankind's greed – And desire to possess and control God /        /        /        / If God seems to stretch us too far out of our comfort zone Let's project onto God traits that are more like us Let us make a god into one we can understand And abide And feel better about worshipping /        /        /        / So we hear this anger from God in the book of Exodus over the people worshipping the golden calf and breaking the covenant They break their promise to worship only God They cannot keep their end of the bargain And God is angry – so angry God plans to burn wrath hot against them and consume them! But I wonder Is this God's anger Or Moses'? Moses - After years of serving in this role that he didn't really want Teaching and guiding and nurturing these people Literally participating in saving their lives While being on the receiving end of their grumbling and disobedience I wonder if Moses is angry /        /        /        / Fast-forward about 1200 years and the religious leaders are grumbling The Pharisees are grumbling about Jesus who cannot be controlled Jesus the Christ cannot be predicted or contained Jesus' love is bigger than what the law holds as he welcomes those outsiders Jesus, one with God, is despised and rejected Jesus persists in showing compassion to sinners Those who aren't keeping the covenant promise with God /        /        /        / Jesus gives us yet another window through which to glimpse the nature of God Through his own actions And with two parables One about a shepherd and one about a woman These are two other groups in addition to the tax collectors that the Pharisees looked down upon And here Jesus likens God to both a shepherd and a woman       /        / Jesus draws us a picture with his story of God who rejoices over those who return to God – and calls a huge celebration! /        /        /        / What is the nature of God? Jesus is trying to show the Pharisees that their righteousness has become a barrier to their ability to experience God Perhaps the merit of following the law is not the most important thing Somehow keeping track of right and wrong is preventing them from sharing in God's love and celebration “there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance” (Lk 15:7) The wild thing is that in these parables we know that neither sheep nor coins can repent There is no criticism of the sheep who wandered off, wondering what was it thinking and how long it wasn't paying attention to where it SHOULD have been going It's laughable to blame a coin for getting lost in the couch but I suppose we'd likely blame the caretaker of that coin for being so irresponsible God is rejoicing over what the Pharisees would have called worthless sheep and coins Who cannot even repent Which begs the question -- can we repent? /        /        /        / In spite of Moses' – or God's anger In spite of ignorance and sinning and irresponsibility God keeps the covenant God keeps God's promise God continues to show humankind mercy And Jesus is calling the Pharisees – and us - out God calls us out of the human nature of judgement and criticism And toward God's celebration /        /        /        / What is the nature of God? Maybe deciding we know the answer to that question is like building another golden calf Maybe focusing on God's nature is yet another way to avoid confronting our own nature What parts of ourself want to burn hot against someone What parts of ourself feel justified in the good works we do What parts of ourself continue to notice the short-comings of others What parts of ourself criticize our own mistakes or times when we chose poorly What parts of ourself limit our ability to celebrate and rejoice for keeping track of all our own faults and all that's wrong in this world /        /        /        / What is the nature of God? I do know that I want God to be slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love when I'm looking into this woman's tearful eyes listening to hear fears about not seeing her teenage daughter graduate from high school I also recognize the part of me that wants God to be a flaming hot wrath consuming the one whose actions and words seem so wrong And because of that I know that I have to let it go – and let God be God And refocus on my call and challenge as a Christian To continue to wrestle with the enormity of God's love To believe that God keeps God's promise even when I can't keep mine To give love to myself and to my neighbor in ridiculous and generous ways And in the midst of it all, celebrate and rejoice with God Amen.  

Ephesians 4:1-6 “Not only (1) is their unity expressly stated as coming from the Spirit, but (2) four of the five graces listed in vv. 2–3 are among the fruit of the Spirit in Gal 5:22–23; and (3) in the Trinitarian confession that follows, pride of place is given to the Spirit, precisely because the one body, which is Paul's present concern, is the result of their common experience of the one Spirit, whose presence in their lives is also the predicate of their one hope.” - Gordon Fee “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (Jn. 17:20&21) “Put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:25-32) “We cannot expect the world to believe the Father sent the Son, that Jesus' claims are true, and that Christianity is true, unless the world sees some reality of the oneness of true Christians.”  - Francis Schaffer, The Mark of the Christian “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:”  (1 Cor. 1:2) “This is highly instructive. This mess of a church whose meetings did more harm than good is still a real, legitimate church. It is a church of God…This church is composed of "those sanctified in Christ Jesus." A saint is not a special kind of Christian, someone who has been through some sort of spiritual finishing school. A saint is another word for a Christian. In Christ we are sanctified in the sense of already having been set apart by God to be his people and needing to learn—bit by bit, day by day—how to live out what that actually means. Paul goes on to say that these Corinthian believers have been "called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord." Their own individual status in Christ connects each of them not only to the rest of their own church but even more widely to all who name the name of Jesus as they do. There is something unavoidably corporate involved in calling on Christ. He is the common Lord they all share—“both theirs and ours.” - Sam Allberry “The church is wholly constituted of those saints that are his jewels, that are the spoils of his enemies, that were once his enemies' possession, but that he has redeemed out of their hands.”  - Jonathan Edwards “The Spirit delivers Christ to us not just anywhere and in any way but where and how he has promised. Although he is free to work outside of his covenanted mercies, we are assured of his saving blessings and presence only where he has been promised to us. If we identify the Spirit only with the unexpected and irregular, we will miss most of the times and places where he actually meets us.” —Michael Horton 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. (Eph. 4:4-6)  

This week on Dark Rhiino Security's Security Confidential podcast, Host Manoj Tandon talks to Christian Espinosa. Christian is a bestselling author, certified high-performance coach, powerful keynote speaker, and the founder and CEO of Blue Goat Cyber, an organization designed to combat cybercrime through technical prowess and emotional intelligence. Christian is a US Air Force veteran with a BS in Engineering from the US Air Force Academy and MBA from Webster University. He holds multiple patents related to cybersecurity attack and defense. 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Our Guest 04:48 The Air Force Academy 07:07 The Culture and Operation at Blue Goat Cyber 08:18 Emotional Intelligence and Communicating with non-technical people 14:57 Hiring Personality 19:34 The Checklist should be Organized by Risk 22:33 Extreme Sports and it's Correlation with Cyber 22:55 Translating Cybersecurity 35:50 Where does AI come into view? 42:03 Connecting with Christian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To learn more about Christian visit https://christianespinosa.com/ To learn more about Dark Rhiino Security visit https://www.darkrhiinosecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA: Stay connected with us on our social media pages where we'll give you snippets, alerts for new podcasts, and even behind the scenes of our studio! Instagram: @securityconfidential and @Darkrhiinosecurity Facebook: @Dark-Rhiino-Security-Inc Twitter: @darkrhiinosec LinkedIn: @dark-rhiino-security Youtube: @DarkRhiinoSecurity ​

Another free-ranging discussion with Dr. Eugene Bach of Back To Jerusalem. DR. Bach is a former US marine sniper who is on the front lines of bringing the Gospel to the closed Islamic, Hindu and theistic. Topics include:The nefarious infiltration of American schools by China's agendaOur military's precarious and potentially deadly stance of “woke” ideologyChina's enormous reach into the nations, with the destruction of the US dollar in mindThe influence of China's greatest Emperor [hint: He was a Christian] To support Eugene's work and buy his many books:backtojerusalem.comSupport the show

Michael Reeves helps us taste the goodness of God in the last of four talks from Word Alive 2011.   Part 1. How to Enjoy God Part 2. How to Be Happy in Christ Part 3. How to Grow as a Christian   To support or become a friend of Union, visit www.theolo.gy   Delighting in the Trinity with Michael Reeves is brought to you by Union. For more resources visit www.unionpublishing.org   Connect with us on:   Twitter @mike_reeves @uniontheology @unionpublishing   Instagram @drmichaelreeves @uniontheology @unionpublishing   Facebook www.facebook.com/unionpublish www.facebook.com/uniontheology

Am I growing as a Christian- To properly answer that question, there are some other questions we must answer first, but thankfully the Bible not only answers those, but gives us an outline concerning the process of growth.

In this episode, David Gornoski is joined by Connor Boyack, author of Tuttle Twins and the upcoming Christ vs. Caesar. What does "render unto Caesar" mean for the modern-day Christian? To answer this important question, Boyack takes us through a history of the Church's relationship with the State. Can we hide behind the anonymity of the voting booth and not be accountable for the State's violence? Listen to the full episode to find out, plus David comments on the news surrounding Miles Taylor, the New York Times "anonymous source," and more. Pre-order 'Christ vs Caesar' on Amazon. Visit A Neighbor's Choice at aneighborschoice.com

In this episode Elders Jason Rolen, Jerod Haygood and Phillip Casselton answer the question "How does the law relate to the Christian?"To ask a question for the podcast:1. Go to www.bbcemory.org.2. Click on the media tap.3. Scroll down until you see Asking for a Friend! There you will find the box to ask a question! 

Tom Holland demonstrates that history writes the best literature. Unfortunately many historians don't write for a popular audience. Tom began by wanting to write fiction but fell in love with history and hasn't turned back. Along the way he was grabbed by the beauty of Christianity and has been trying to figure out how it changed the world and is changing himself. He graciously gave me a couple of hours for a conversation. Delingpod Interview https://youtu.be/R8J2aChrf7Q Dominion https://amzn.to/39DFa1X In the Shadow of the Sword https://amzn.to/2wK0ggC Persian Fire https://amzn.to/3344dZK The Religion of Israel https://amzn.to/3341fEC Inspiring Philosophy: Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Monotheism https://youtu.be/za260DIsgzQ Blood and Thunder https://amzn.to/2TUtfGl Notes Jesus as Greatest short story writer of all time Persian Fire “We can’t really trust them” Blood and Thunder The inherently mythic One god, one empire, emperors auditioning gods God has auditioned himself twice to covenants Muslim God does not bind himself to covenants The figure of the calif and the figure of the The separation of law from direct Does that roman posture relate to the islamic posture? The divine and the human is interfused That one God has given a framework of law that has given his presence to be everywhere Pay taxes to the romans? Render unto caesar Tension between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of earth Xianity emerges as a consciousness of itself as a parody of the Augustan empire It’s in the blasphemy that true holiness is to be found Blasphemous parody of the worship of caesar Two cities Kingdom of heaven and the earthly kingdom, the saeculum, the limit of human memory Dimension of saeculum is a dimension of flux The ropeladder that the church provides the religio Earthly autocrats are not complicit in the dimension of the eternal 11th century, Europe’s first revolution: reformating, remaking society in an individual Christian To rebirth Christendom, to no longer have a stake in the supernatural The saeculum has been secularized, it no longer has the theological context that Augustine has given it. The more that Protestants, the more the divine can be bled out of the rest of society. Zionism is a way to reverse it. Turkey, Western power is retreating and what was projected is more shadowy Is it possible to resacralize their world? Click here to meetup with other channel viewers for conversation https://discord.gg/2uUhZBK The link will prompt you to download the software for this free group messaging service. This link updates every 100 users so look for the most recent videos if this link doesn't work. If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos. To support this channel/podcast on Paypal: https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://lbry.tv/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Join the Sacramento JBP Meetup https://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Jordan-Peterson-Meetup/ Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A  

Ephesians 5:7 - Therefore do not be partakers with them.Transcript:What should you do when people try and convince you to live in a way that's not right for a Christian? To live in a way that's against the word of God? What should you do?Paul says in Ephesians Chapter five, Verse seven, Therefore, do not be partakers with them. Say, no, when someone tempts you to go against the word of God,Say, no, and live the life of a Christian.I hope the light of God is in you, today. For more from the Collierville Church of Christ, visit www.colliervillecoc.org. Subscribe to Admonition on Youtube: Subscribe on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3syE1ogS5LPeEsnAfgnYrg?sub_confirmation=1Sign up for a daily devotional by Email: https://cozort.org/freeLeave a comment for the host of Admonition: https://cozort.org/contactWatch more of Aaron's videos about Salvation, the Gospel, the good news, the gospel message salvation, and in-depth studies of the books of the Bible by visiting https://cozort.org, and Collierville church of Christ. This video is a production of Collierville Christian Radio, the Collierville church of Christ, and the Gospel Broadcasting Network. Aaron Cozort is the preacher for the Collierville church of Christ. The Collierville church of Christ meets on Sundays morning and afternoon at 575 Shelton Road, Collierville, TN 38017.To learn more about the Collierville church of Christ, visit colliervillecoc.orgNot currently a subscriber to Admonition? Sign up for this daily video devotional by Email: www.colliervillecoc.org/daily or www.cozort.org/free.

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Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ What does it mean to be Christian? To take Jesus at his word is to love God with all we have and our neighbor as ourselves. Dr. Jacqui Lewis argues that to be Christian is to live life with the fiercest love—Love. Period. Ken Medema provides improvised musical response to this session.

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Main Scripture passage: James 2:1-13 In James 2:1-13 the author asks his audience the following question: You profess the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, so in light of your claim to be followers of Christ, how do you treat other people? Do you really follow the teaching of Jesus, who said, "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:35, NIV)? By stating this question James is really asking: If someone were to observe how you live in fact, would it be obvious that you were a Christian? To answer this question James says to use practical expressions of love as a gauge for measuring one's faith. Unfortunately, the people to whom James addressed his letter were not passing this test. Thus three things should be observed: (1) how James's readers failed the test of love (what they were doing wrong), (2) why partiality is a failure of love, and (3) James's exhortation to observe the law of love. Firstly, how were James's readers failing the test of love? James tells us in verses 1-4. His audience failed the test of love because they were showing partiality or respect of persons. This means they were showing favoritism or giving preference to someone without proper grounds. They were making judgements that were not based on truth or justice. Specifically, the rich were being honored while the poor were being dishonored. And although partiality can take many different forms, in all of them it is really based on self-interest. Therefore it is a failure of love. This leads us on to our next question: why is partiality a failure of love? First, partiality is a failure of love because it is based on a false judgement or a false evaluation (vv. 5-7). James's audience was treating people based on appearance; they were judging on externals rather than internals. They valued the rich because they looked good, smelled good, possessed money, and things of that nature. In response to this, James says that the poor are the ones who are truly rich--rich spiritually. There are of course other ways of making false judgements besides that of looking at the externals. We can also misjudge by evaluating something without all of the facts or by letting personal attachment influence our judgement. This is why James says in verse 4 that his audience had become "judges with evil thoughts." Their judgements were not based on truth, and therefore they were wrong. And although partiality is wrong because it is a misjudgment of the truth, in the case of James's audience it was also wrong because it was based on a misunderstanding of the law. His listeners most likely attempted to justify their partiality by stating that it was really just an expression of love and honor to those shown partiality. But this understanding is flawed because the royal law required them to love all, not just a few. So partiality is a failure to love because it is based on a misjudgment of the truth and a misunderstanding of the law. James's response to this failure consists in this: to observe the law of liberty, which is the law of love. He says, "So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For judgement is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement" (vv. 12-13). We will be judged by how we treat others, and this includes our judgements. If we judge other people and show partiality, God will judge us the same way. He commands us to fulfill the law of love, and He will judge us by the same. Therefore, "so speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty." Liberty Church