Musings of A Recovering Pastor
“The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from. — Dallas Willard, Renovation of the The post The Joy of Knowing Christ (Philippians 3:8-16) first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
“It seems as if the set of pictures in the Tarot cards were distantly descended from the archetypes of transformation, a view that has been confirmed for me in a The post Christians Can Use Tarot: A Case for Biblical Symbols & Spiritual Formation first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
The current gospel then becomes a gospel of sin management. Transformation of life and character is no part of the redemptive message. — Dallas Willard A millennia-long battle has been The post Atonement With A 1000 Faces: Humanity as the Unified Theory first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
Scholars like Francis Schaeffer and Dallas Willard, both heavyweights, document how Western Christianity bifurcated truth into two realms. In other words, it treated the world as if there were two The post Speaking Two Levels at Once: How Scripture Uses Mystery as a Tutor first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
There were a few hats to wear as a pastor, and counseling was one of them. It came naturally. I had some courses and ministry training that provided a good The post The Rise of Victimhood first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
Joshua 1:5-9 was one of the first Bible passages I memorized as a teenage Jesus Freak. It’s a challenge to be brave following the path God placed before us (Hebrews The post “Be Strong and Courageous” — Decoding Joshua 1:5-9 For Everyone first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
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We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only The post Architecture of Surrender: Neurogenesis, Recovery, & the Science of Change (pt. 1) first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
Theology, in this view, was simply the inductive arrangement of the facts of Scripture Evangelicals took their cue from the Scottish Common Sense philosophy. The Bible was a Baconian handbook The post The Void Left Behind by the Restoration Movement first appeared on Drunk Pastor .
Count the days we are on the seventh day. John is telling us that with Jesus, God s new creation has begun. The water turning to wine is the sign that The post Subverting the Mysteries: Cana, Dionysus, & New Creation — John 2:1-12 first appeared on Drunk Pastor .