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Righteous Behavior Motivation

By Dave Henning / July 20, 2014

“The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do  the right deed for the wrong reason.”- T. S. Eliot, “Murder in the Cathedral” Pastor Tullian Tchividjian continues Chapter 2 of One Way Love with a discussion of ethical behaviorism, a term psychologists use to describe a schema that exclusively defines a person’s righteousness in terms […]

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Rebellion vs. conformity

By Dave Henning / July 19, 2014

In Chapter 2 of One Way Love, Tullian Tchividjian continues his discussion of the story of the prodigal son by noting that the parable is more than a beautiful story of God’s one-way love: “it’s a beautiful picture of God’s one-way love for an unloving and actively hostile person.”  Yet, as Pastor Tchividjian asserts, the […]

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Grace or condemnation

By Dave Henning / July 18, 2014

Pastor Tullian Tchividjian (One Way Love) follows his discussion of The Parable of Two Sons with a tale of two very different lunches he had with concerned family friends, one before and one after he had been kicked out of the house at age sixteen. The first family friend read Tullian the riot act.  However, […]

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Crime and punishment

By Dave Henning / July 17, 2014

Then his master summoned him and said to him, “You wicked servant!  I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.  And should you not have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?”- The Unforgiving Servant, Matthew 18:32-33 In Chapter 2 (“How I Almost Killed My Mother”) of […]

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Grace, grace, and less grace

By Dave Henning / July 16, 2014

Pastor Tullian Tchividjian concludes Chapter 1 of One Way Love with the assertion that we often resist grace, even though it is beautiful and lifesaving.  By nature, he notes, we’re suspicious of promises that seem too good to be true. Tullian states that we resist grace because: 1.  even if we’re able to accept God’s […]

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Grace, grace, and more grace

By Dave Henning / July 14, 2014

“Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.”- Tullian Tchividjian As Tullian Tchividjian continues Chapter 1 of One Way Love, he quotes the definition of grace by Paul Zahl in his book Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life: “Grace is a love that has nothing to do with […]

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Conditionality: a two-way street

By Dave Henning / July 13, 2014

In Chapter 1 (“An Exhausted World”) of One Way Love, Tullian Tchividjian observes that reward and punishment, this for that reciprocity defines our economy, our relationships, our careers, and our institutions.  Everything in our world demands two-way, conditional love.  Pastor Tchividjian adds that through conditionality, we gain safety and control- as far as those two […]

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Performancism

By Dave Henning / July 12, 2014

In his Introduction to One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World, Tullian Tchividjian notes that the need for inexhaustible grace for an exhausted world never has been more urgent.  Pastor Tchividjian further observes an unquestioning embrace of performancism in all sectors of life.  He then offers his definition of performancism: “Performancism is the […]

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Pulverizing the chip on your soul

By Dave Henning / July 10, 2014

“Therefor I have cheerfully made up my mind to be proud of my weaknesses, because they mean a deeper experience of the power of Christ.  I can even enjoy weakness, suffering, privations, persecutions and difficulties for Christ’s sake.  For my weaknesses are made strong in him.”- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (J. B. Phillips) Author Mary DeMuth […]

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Escaping Satan’s emotional traps- Part 2

By Dave Henning / July 9, 2014

Today Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) concludes her discussion of ten ways we joyfully can escape Satan’s relational traps. 6.  Realize you’re not the only one.  Mary states that Satan would like you to believe that you are the only one with your specific problem.  Our individual pain is not unique.  We’re not alone […]

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Escaping Satan’s relational traps

By Dave Henning / July 8, 2014

Author Mary DeMuth continues Chapter 10 of The Wall Around Your Heart by listing and discussing ten ways we joyfully can escape Satan’s relational traps.  The first five are presented today. 1.  Let go of busyness.  Satan dangles overactivity in front of us as a tempting way to avoid dealing with our pain,  Mary states […]

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The heartwall comes tumblin’ down

By Dave Henning / July 7, 2014

Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”- Matthew 22:38-39 In Chapter 11 (“But Rescue Us from the Evil One: Be Fully Alive”), the […]

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