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The law of capability

By Dave Henning / July 22, 2014

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”- Galatians 5:1 Tullian Tchividjian begins Chapter 3 (“Confessions of a Perfomancist”) of One Way Love with a discussion of the negative, even vicious, demands of performancism.  Performancism is a world in which successes aren’t really […]

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Addiction to control

By Dave Henning / July 21, 2014

As Tullian Tchividjian concludes Chapter 2 of One Way Love, he boldly states that a major goal of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, especially Matthew 5:17-48, is to clearly emphasize that whatever we think our greatest sin is, in reality it is much worse.  Jesus equates action with motivation, so that any attempts at self-salvation […]

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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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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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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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The Wall Around Your Heart

By Dave Henning / July 11, 2014

The Wall Around Your Heart (Nelson Books, 2013) The framework of Mary Demuth’s latest book, The Wall Around Your Heart: How Jesus Heals You When Others Hurt You, camps around the eleven phrases of the Lord’s Prayer, prayed in the context of community.  The author comments: “Tucked within this prayer are secrets to understanding conflict, […]

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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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A place of stillness

By Dave Henning / July 6, 2014

“Blessed is he whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.”- Psalm 146:5 Today Mary DeMuth concludes Chapter 10 of The Wall Around Your Heart with the final three temptations to avoid. 3.  The temptation to defend ourselves.  Mary states that when she’s been wronged she’s lived […]

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A Mighty Fortress

By Dave Henning / July 5, 2014

Mary DeMuth begins Chapter 10 (“And Don’t Let us Yield to Temptation: Dare to Engage Anyway”) of The Wall Around Your Heart by reminding us that when someone hurts us, we’re tempted to build an impenetrable fortress around our hearts in an attempt to protect ourselves from further pain.  The unintended result, however, is isolation. […]

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