by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 14, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth
How to Deal with Manipulative Christians (who sometimes prophesy) Know your boundaries. Boundaries are guidelines, or limits that a person creates to identify for the person what are reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave around them. In...
by Dawson Jarrell | Aug 8, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Ecclesiology
Two Kinds of Leadership In a blog on theology in the Gospel of Mark, renowned Greek professor and Pauline scholar David Allen Black wrote about a memory that still haunts him: “As a 10-year-old boy growing up in Hawaii, I clearly remember the day our pastor was...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jul 31, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Discipleship
Power and The Christian In fourth grade, I found a way to cut through the prickly bushes at the end of recess which allowed me to always be first at the water fountain. I was first to drink down the cool refreshing water that always quenched my thirst after an hour of...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jul 28, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Discipleship
Gaming the System Vacation Bible School, 1984. Me in my “I Love VBS” t-shirt, the leader blows a trumpet which means “get in line”. Every child runs as fast as they can to get in line for the march around a paper mesh Jericho wall. Rumor has it that the wall is going...
by admin | Mar 20, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Spiritual Gifts
Holistic view of the healing as seen in China Divine healing can also be understood biblically in a holistic sense. Some point to how the Greek word for save means wholeness. Others highlight the full scope of the meta-narrative to support the view. A holistic view...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Ecclesiology, Spiritual Growth
Identifying Toxic Church Cultures (Part Three) In the book “A Church called Tov” by Scot McKnight, he gives eight false narratives that toxic churches often tell to protect themselves. In Part one we looked at the first four false narratives. In part two we looks at...
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