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As we begin to seek the God who is, we need to understand one of the most common misconceptions underlying this important task; the idea that all spiritual paths lead to God. The concept of many paths to the same God raises three very serious issues. First of all, it implies that the object of our spiritual search is ill defined, nebulous, and…..
It appears that God’s existence is on trial. We constantly hear arguments from both sides of the aisle but forget that the jury has already packed its bags and left for home. Americans have decided by an overwhelming majority that God does in fact exist. Polls consistently show that 85-95% of Americans believe in a God, therefore the real question in front of us is not, “does God exist?” But rather, “who is this God in whom we believe?” We…..
I loved Jesus but my Christian marketing scheme had become a series of Tupperware parties where I would invite over a couple of like-minded friends to discuss the Gospel and then conveniently pack it into an attractive plastic container hoping that it would remain fresh until the next time we met. What I failed to realize was that I was effectively sealing up the life giving breath of the Holy Spirit and preventing it from resuscitating a world desperately gasping…..
My existence felt like divided post World War two Berlin separated by an enormous barbed wire lined Wall. One side characterized by the drab gray life of work and cultural navigation and the other side filled with spiritual hope and promise. When life got hard I would sneak across the wall under the cover of night only to return undetected before the Son rose. I dared not climb over the wall during daylight for fear of being gunned down by the…..
I wrote this book because I was tired of the daily commute between my sacred and secular lives. Everyday I was forced to sell a bit more of my soul at the tollbooth of hypocrisy. I discovered that my pockets were quickly running out of change and all I had left was the lint of despair. My secular life was crumbling and I didn’t have the spiritual currency to cross the bridge and seek refuge in the sacred city. It…..
