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“Does the story have to be true?” Bradley Jersak

Recently, I wrote, God participates in our lives. How? Not through coercion or force but through loving care. How? Most often, God’s care shows as people are inspired to love and care for each other; to embody God’s presence and care in the world ... to be made in God’s image and likeness is to image (verb) God in the world as God’s hands and feet. A reader responded with this astute question:  I wonder. Is it God compelling these acts of love? Or is it our idea of God that compels us. I suppose a question I ask is—does the story of a good God have to be true? or can our idea of a good God be enough to compel us towards ...

November 2019

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: Love and Marriage: 50 Years of Lessons – pg. 1 Romans: Whose Righteousness? – pg. 2 Gratitude: One Key to Recovery – pg. 6 In Control – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8 CLICK on MAGAZINE COVER BELOW for Flipping Page Format [real3dflipbook id="192"]

Breakfast with Brad – Jesus, A.A. and 12-Step Recovery

In which Brad had breakfast long ago but goes to the Fieldhouse for a Kombucha and Pickle to discuss Jesus and AA. What do you think is more important: using Jesus' name but attaching it to retribution, or not using his name but describing him accurately? Supplement: Again, the question is this: which is better? To worship a false god (by virtue of its pagan nature) and use the name of Jesus to describe him? Or to worship the One True God (by virtue of his divine nature) but getting the name wrong? C.S. Lewis addressed this in the Narnia Chronicles in The Last Battle. Here is the testimony of Emeth, someone who thought he was the enemy of Aslan ...