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“Grant to us that we sit on you right hand and left hand in glory.” Such were the presumptuous words of James and John to Jesus (Mark 10:35). I have often wondered who will have such places of prestige in heaven. Who will shine like stars? Who will have the brightest halos? Who will have [...]
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I know of the head of a particular ministry who spends all his time looking at what others are doing. If he finds someone who is successfully doing something new, he seeks to replicate it. There is no sense of celebration for the other’s success and no way he is going to point his audience [...]
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Telos: Gk. end, goal, purpose While working behind the bar of the Credo House the other day (yes, I do make coffees!), a man came to talk to me about something that had been weighing on his heart. “Michael,” he said, “how do you know what God is trying to accomplish through the suffering that [...]
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Let’s face it: Christ did not meet people’s expectation. He was supposed to be the savior of Israel. He was supposed to be the king of the world. Yet, he was born in an obscure city, to obscure parents, and led a very obscure life until he entered his thirties. When things finally began to [...]
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Sacerdotalism
[sass''-er-dote''-uh-liz''-um] (Latin sacerdos, “priest”) Sacerdotalism is the belief in an established hierarchy that separates man from God. In such a system the priesthood stands as an essential mediator between God and man. This priesthood, according to sacerdotalists, is a necessary component in worship, receiving communion, confessing sin, baptism, and other acts of administering grace. This [...] continue reading
