obedience

Got What It Takes? Re-imagining Discipleship

by andrewkooman on September 15, 2010

Invitations to self-sacrifice and selflessness are seldom extended today. We’re a Get-Anything-You-Want-For-Cheap kind of culture whose convenience and blessedness comes at the expense of others we don’t see and, gosh-darnit, we want to keep in that way. We’re insured or have access to insurance to protect the kingdoms we build for ourselves. We’re padded, protected, [...]

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The Hidden Life

by andrewkooman on March 26, 2010

I dusted off my copy of Dallas Willard‘s The Divine Conspiracy, and have started reading the book once more.  He writes about the hidden life in God, a life of meaning open to everyone – a way that seems closed to many: “The major problem with the invitation now is precisely over-familiarity.  Familiarity breeds unfamiliarity, [...]

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