Being pilgrim minded is being Christ minded.

The Kingdom of Heaven is held in the dialectic tension of "now and not yet". Attempts through human effort to overcome the "not yet" through any means whatsoever, are destined to be fruitless, and ultimately judged as erroneous by the Eschaton Himself who consummates the Kingdom.

We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.

Tears are the blood of the soul.

To ‘love the world’ does not necessarily mean to ‘transform the world’, just as to be the light of the world does not necessarily mean all come to the light.

The Paradox of the Box - to think outside the box, you need the safety of a sandbox.

Eat my flesh, drink my blood.

Wall Shadows Living in the shadow of the high walls of race and class does not belong to born again Christian’s. That wall was broken down by Christ (Eph2:14) and we live under the full unobscured radiance of the Son of God.

“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible ... is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life." Henri Nouwen

Love is slow.

Meditation is slow. We need to spend time chewing the cud as sheep of His fold must do. Do you know sheep chew the cud? Not only cows. A sheep’s stomach has four chambers… truth takes time to process … it is slow. We have modelled our church services on fast food restaurants…

Sheep were not designed for speed.

"When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man." Gen 32:25 God damaged Jacob's hip so that he could no longer run but face Esau. God will help you face your Esau, by wounding you.

If we must be ambitious, let us be ambitious to be content in Christ, let us be ambitious to lead quiet and peaceful lives in all Godliness. Let us contend for contentment.

Your present What occupies your mind, occupies your life. Your past What occupied your mind, occupied your life. Your future What will occupy your mind, will occupy your life.

Some have faith in faith (prosperity cult), some have faith in works (religious legalism), some have faith in self (humanism), some have faith in knowledge (Gnosticism, which is the Mother of all heresy) but can you hear the sweet voice of wisdom crying out 'Have faith in Christ!

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