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The Illusion of Superiority

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:49:21 +0000

We are in a series on the Beatitudes of Jesus at church right now… it’s called “Dance to the Beat.” One of my favorite lines came from a message on humility: The essence of “God blesses those who are humble (or those who are meek)” is that God can work with people who don’t think […]

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It Doesn’t Look As If There’s A Hero Among Them

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:32:01 +0000

*photo above: guys who live in the local group recovery home—helping build 300 bicycles for our Bike Give last month We are currently in a series on the Beatitudes of Jesus at church… it’s called “Dance to the Beat.” The following is Frederick Buechner’s thoughts on the Beatitudes from his book Whistling in the Dark: […]

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Lent Day 19… The Beatitudes Are The Antithesis Of What America Has Come To Adore

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:00:20 +0000

It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed—this, despite the gospel. —Howard Thurman Brian Zahnd, in his book Beauty Will Save The World, says: The Beatitudes are deliberately designed to shock us. If […]

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What The Spirit of the Age Blesses vs What Jesus Blesses

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:57:40 +0000

The following is from Brian Zahnd’s recent sermon on the Beatitudes entitled, “The Declaration of Blessedness.” * * * The spirit of the age blesses the cocky and self-confident… But Jesus blesses the poor in spirit. The spirit of the age blesses those who are shallow and thus happy all the time… But […]

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A Few New Beatitudes For Today

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:00:27 +0000

Leonard Sweet shared the following… While in Sweden for an All Saints Day mass, Pope Francis proposed Six New Beatitudes for the 21st century church. These were meant not to replace the biblical ones, which he called the “identity card” of the saint, but to point to how the original beatitudes might be expanded and […]

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Where Steams Flow Uphill: This Upside Down Kingdom

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:36:20 +0000

I believe the Kingdom of God is more upside down than we realize. Where down is up, the last are first, slaves are free, enemies are loved, and the weak are strong. Where streams flow uphill… This upside down Kingdom. Donald Kraybill, in his book The Upside Down Kingdom, says: The Kingdom is full of […]

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MORE LEAKAGE

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:00:24 +0000

Here’s a little more leakage – some content from the book I wrote this summer… Yo, we at war. We at war with terrorism, racism, and most of all, we at war with ourselves. —Kanye West (Jesus Walks) Tears on the mausoleum floor, blood stains the coliseum doors… —Jay-Z (No Church in the Wild) If […]

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