A More Beautiful Gospel EP06

A More Beautiful Gospel: The End of Religion 

Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion.

A More Beautiful Gospel: The End of Religion Part 2

Christianity is NOT about reducing the distance between you and God by your "good" works, but rather it is the announcement that there is no more distance or separation.

A More Beautiful Gospel : Union

It is not enough to live "good" or" bad." Only beauty will save the world.

A More Beautiful Gospel: BEAUTY

Is your view of justice that of the Pharisees(retribution) or Jesus (restoration)? Do you expect stones or kisses?

A More Beautiful Gospel 

Most of us were born and raised believing if there is a crime, it must be punished. Without even realizing it we obtain this obsession with retribution and just give lip service to restoration. We believe sin is a legal infraction, deserving of correction. It may come as a surprise to some that sin, in its true sense, is a disease not a misbehavior. 

You cannot spank a fever out of a four-year-old. You cannot incarcerate a man with cancer in hopes to cure him. When sin entered the world it did not come as a dysfunctional behavior. It came as an all consuming disease. Do not water down sin to misbehavior, and please do not water down the Good News to behavior modification. 

The Gospel is so much more beautiful than the stories we have been sold. Come and see what God's goodness is really all about, and begin healing from our obsession with retribution. 

A More Beautiful Gospel

Humanity has made a history of turning innocent gifts into weapons. Why was the Law given? 

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Law and Violence Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Gospel in Chairs

It is easier to punish an object than it is a sacred being. Is the gospel better than we think?

A More Beautiful Gospel: "I and Thou"

Advent means the "Arrival or the coming." But the coming of what? And why?

Is this just another year of cheering through the historical incarnation of baby Jesus in a manger? What is it that really makes our joy and peace complete this advent season? (Hint) The advent story didn't begin nine months before our Savior was birthed. 

The whole bible is advent! Can you find it through its pages? Advent brings the wrath of God against sin and death. It is the Incarnation.

A More Beautiful Gospel: Advent Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: Advent Part 2

Church...? What the heck are we doing? Let's be the EKKLESIA.

A More Beautiful Gospel: Church..? 

"ALL" means "ALL." If we don't understand this then we spend or whole lives drawing dividing "lines" rather than "circles" of invitation. The enormity of the the cross was enough to reconcile "ALL." The Apostle Paul now charges us to to deliver this good news to the whole world and lived reconciled.

Isn't it interesting how those that don't want circles are the ones drawing the lines? 

The gospel isn't about you saying a prayer and joining the winning camp. It's about awakening to the fact that you've already been reconciled to God's family. Let's break the "us" vs. "them" paradigm and stand in the doorway ready to welcome others into the revelation in the circle, rather than mark down how your denomination is better than theirs.

A More Beautiful Gospel: Vitamin "ALL" Deficiency

A More Beautiful Gospel: Vitamin "ALL" Deficiency Part 2

In one of Jesus' most venerable moments why would he yell, "My God, My God why have you forsaken me?" Could God not really bear the sight of Jesus becoming sin? Was it God imposing His wrath on Jesus so you could be forgiven? What does this say about us when we sin? If He turned His back on Jesus what do you think He will do to us?

Turns out there is a lot of contextual gold that has been lost as the modern western Church has warped this verse out of context and into a false theology. Not only was Jesus still one with God on the cross, but he was sending one final message that would leave those mocking him speechless. 

Watch this video and let's blow up those dead assumptions and traditional mindsets.

A More Beautiful Gospel: Did God Forsake Jesus? Part 1

 A More Beautiful Gospel: My God My God Part 2 

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But what about the "how"? How did it happen? And why is it so important? 

Knowing the "what" of the gospel doesn't do much for our practical lives, but knowing the "how" transforms us from spectators to participators... or perhaps true believers?

A More Beautiful Gospel: New Creation

A More Beautiful Gospel: New Creation Part 2

Oxymorons are generally hilarious and fun, but there is one OXYMORON that is killing the church. Have you ever heard of "SINNER SAVED by grace?" Well that is it. You can't be a sinner and be saved. It is like saying you are married-bachelor.

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Great Oxymoron

Sin is a lot worse that just what you do, it is what you agree with. We have tried to manage the "verb" (harmatano) of sin without identifying the "noun" (hamartia) that originates from how we embrace sin.

A More Beautiful Gospel: SIN!!! Part 1

Sin is a lot worse that just what you do, it is what you agree with. We have tried to manage the "verb" (harmatano) of sin without identifying the "noun" (hamartia) that originates from how we embrace sin.

The truth is that we are free from sin, but the entity of sin is still in the world. It comes from the outside and challenges us with its thoughts and desires that our not our own. When we do not know or believe that they are no longer our desires we often give in very quickly to these. 
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A More Beautiful Gospel: SIN!!! Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: The History of Violence

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Prodigal Father

If God wanted any thing other that family he wouldn't have asked us to call Him Father.

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A More Beautiful Gospel EP06

A More Beautiful Gospel: The End of Religion

A More Beautiful Gospel: The End of Religion Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel : Union

A More Beautiful Gospel: BEAUTY

A More Beautiful Gospel

A More Beautiful Gospel

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Law and Violence Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Gospel in Chairs

A More Beautiful Gospel: "I and Thou"

A More Beautiful Gospel: Advent Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: Advent Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: Church..?

A More Beautiful Gospel: Vitamin "ALL" Deficiency

A More Beautiful Gospel: Vitamin "ALL" Deficiency Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: Did God Forsake Jesus? Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: My God My God Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: New Creation

A More Beautiful Gospel: New Creation Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Great Oxymoron

A More Beautiful Gospel: SIN!!! Part 1

A More Beautiful Gospel: SIN!!! Part 2

A More Beautiful Gospel: The History of Violence

A More Beautiful Gospel: The Prodigal Father

A More Beautiful Gospel: Family On Mission

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