So, to recap from the previous post – God’s standard is not a list of rules. It’s LOVE. Human beings are totally messed up and unable to love very well. So we need someone to bring justice into the pain we’ve caused, and… Do something for us so we can belong in God’s Circle of [...]
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More on, “What do we still have to do??”
Posted in Abusive church leadership, Devotional, Grace, Higher life, Justification, Performance-based Christianity, Sanctification, spiritual abuse, Spiritual abuse devotion, Works-based Christianity, tagged Devotional, Grace, growth, Justification, legalism versus grace, love of God, Performance vs grace, Sanctification on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Just carry on”….
Posted in Higher life, Spiritual abuse devotion, The Assembly experience, Works-based Christianity, tagged "Higher Life" teaching, growth, Performance vs grace, spiritual abuse on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Just carry on” is one of the cards in The Oblique Strategies by Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno. Haven’t seen the set of cards, but I ran across this quote just now, and was surprised how a load suddenly felt lifted. Hmmm, wonder what that could be about….Even though I’ve consciously rejected the performance-based life, [...]
We cannot fail….
Posted in Devotional, Higher life, Joe Sperling devotional, Legalism vs grace, Spiritual abuse devotion, Works-based Christianity, tagged "Higher Life" teaching, Devotional, Joe Sperling, Spiritual abuse devotion on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Sperling shared a couple of encouraging posts this month on the Assembly board that are especially good for those of us who still have the lovely combo of BG and GG’s messages in our subconscious: GG – “Strive harder or you’re going to lose out eternally “, (we are going to make it, George, [...]
It’s not because we’ve run fast enough….
Posted in Devotional, Grace, Higher life, Performance-based Christianity, Spiritual abuse devotion, The love of God, Works-based Christianity, tagged Joe Sperling, Legalism vs grace, Performance vs grace, Spiritual abuse devotion on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Sperling posted this on the Assemblyboard: “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy”. (Rom. 9:16) I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have to stop and remember the day that I was saved. I have to ask myself, “Was I [...]
Keswick Higher Life….
Posted in Higher life, The Assembly experience, tagged Keswick on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lee Irons has a blog post on Keswick Burnout. If you have been depressed lately over the quality of your spiritual life, this is a must read. Dave Sable has this response to Lee’s post: “Great thoughts by Lee. I downloaded the lectures to listen to. Here are some thoughts his post raised in me. [...]
Quest for the spiritual secret….
Posted in Books, Higher life, The Assembly experience, tagged "Higher Life" teaching, Keswick on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in high school my mother (later known in the Assembly as Sister Mayo), began a library for Fountain Avenue Baptist Church in Los Angeles. She and I had a great time discovering Christian books that were new to us. I remember my mom reading Watchman Nee’s book, The Release of the Spirit, [...]
The Secret of the Abundant Christian Life
Posted in Higher life, tagged Books, growth, Performance vs grace on January 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in high school my mother (who was known as SisterMayo in the Assembly), developed a library for Fountain Avenue Baptist Church in Los Angeles. She and I had a great time discovering Christian books that were new to us. I read They Found the Secret by Raymond Edman, president of Wheaton College. [...]
