Tag: rest
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Ownership
My wife and I recently came to the end of a long journey and were able to purchase a small home in South Africa. After renting for 23 years, I see a stark contrast between ownership and renting. As an owner, when I walked into the house, I saw every minor defect and area which…
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A Blend of Grace and Effort
As humans we tend to go to extremes. The idea of tension and living in the midst of it is difficult. We are a people of “either or”, not “both”. In writings and teaching about grace and works, you often get this as well. Very few talk about the balance between the two, rather than…
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Tipping the Scale
Today is the 3rd Anniversary of NoSuperHeroes. In honor of this, I have re-engineered the first-ever post, editing it and sprucing it up a bit. As you will see, we started with an emphasis on grace and relationship with God. Three years and 324 posts later, this is still the goal. Hope you’ve enjoyed the…
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Working Toward Heaven
I was out for a jog the other day and ran (pun intended) across a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses preparing for a Saturday of door to door evangelism. In the past, I’ve engaged in conversations with them about salvation by grace and not works, Jesus being God, or even their view that only 144,000 will…
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Jesus Hates Religion
“- Has your experience with God been about the “do’s” and the “don’t?” “- Are you on a path that was decided for you by people you trusted, but it feels more like bondage? “- Have you completely abandoned all paths because you’ve seen the end results, and you have no desire whatsoever to be…