Posts Tagged ‘relationship’
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May 12th, 2015 | Christian Living, Church & Community, Jer Swigart
“A shortcoming in North American Christianity is that we’ve trained our people to tribalize and find people who are just like us,” answers Jer Swigart, Directional Leader of The Open Door Community and Co-Founding Director of The Global Immersion Project. While there are advantages to having like-minded relationships, we also need people who are different […]
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December 2nd, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Donna Barber, Featured Videos, Justice & Ethics
“As soon as we start to question ourselves, it moves us into a whole different place,” says Donna Barber, Coach at Act Six Academy’s campus with Portland Leadership Foundation. While it’s important to learn how to question our assumptions, the best way to recondition ourselves is to develop relationships with people that are different than […]
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December 1st, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“In our country, we really lack the depth of relationship to be able to ask hard questions,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. “We want to answer harder questions that people may not have the relationships to be able to ask.”
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October 16th, 2014 | Christian Living, Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Featured Videos, Mike Caba, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
“Intellectual colonialism: not taking those religions for what they say they are,” says Mike Caba, Professor and Dean of Faculty at Kilns College. When we say things like “all religions are the same” or make sweeping generalizations about other religions, we disrespect them and negate their individual identities. “You can disagree all day long, but […]
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July 1st, 2014 | Christian Living, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
“Sin,” Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Pastor of Antioch Church in Bend, OR, simply states. The purpose of scripture is to proclaim God’s atoning work. This culminates in Jesus Christ, who cleanses us of sin and restores us to intimacy with God. “At the end of the day, when you boil it down, […]
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July 30th, 2013 | Christian Living, Doubt & Questions on Faith, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma, Theology & the Bible
“It’s not a locational hiddenness of God,” describes Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference, “It’s a relational hiddenness of God.” Though God is everywhere, He can turn His face from us and thus separate Himself from us. Though He is still here in this place, He is no longer […]
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July 24th, 2013 | Christian Living, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma, Marriage & Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
Walking with God means “Obedience,” according to Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference. When we trust in the Lord and follow His commands, He will not forsake us. All we need to do to find God, is to look for Him. “We make our pursuit of God our greatest […]
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July 17th, 2013 | Christian Living, Ken Wytsma, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
“You just accept it, and forgive them anyway,” explains Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference. When we are hurt by others we expect them to ask for forgiveness before we wish to forgive them. However, this can keep us from moving on, as we continue to dwell on the […]
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March 28th, 2013 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Doubt & Questions on Faith, Featured Videos, Ken Wytsma, Science & The Bible
“These things ought to be […] in harmony,” says Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and founder of The Justice Conference. Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould claimed that science and religion belonged in two separate “magisteria,” with no overlap of interests. Unfortunately, both Christians and atheists seem to have believed him. Some atheists claim that religion […]
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August 24th, 2012 | Christian Living, Justice & Ethics, Ken Wytsma, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
“Empathy is…a part of the image of God in us,” says Ken Wytsma, Founder of The Justice Conference and President of Kilns College. “Something about what it means to be human, made in the image of God, involves empathy.” Empathy occurs when we can enter into another person’s physical or emotional reality and feel what […]
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