Jeromy Johnson | November 16, 2008
ShareOnce in a while Alan over at The Assembling of the Church writes what he calls, “Scripture As We Live It”. The crossed out parts are what the writers of scripture wrote and the red parts is how we typically live out our faith today, which really reveals how we believe. This one got my [...]
Jeromy Johnson | August 28, 2008
ShareWhat’s missing? Here are excerpts from two of our earliest creeds, the Apostles and the Nicene, in order. Read them and see if you can tell what is missing: “…Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 9, 2008
Share As I get older, I learn there is a natural rhythm to life where friendships come and go. I have also learned to embrace this rhythm, not fight it. Different seasons of life form and emerge, bringing with them the surprise and gift of new friendships. It is like taking a road trip [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 23, 2008
Share Have you ever been reading a book and got to a sentence—or thought—that stops you in your tracks? Where you try to continue reading, but the gravitational pull of the sentence keeps bring you back to its words? Then that moment comes when you resist fighting it, dog-ear the page, put the book down [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 21, 2008
Share “He who pulls off the masks in the comedy of life [ed. or religion] is ejected. What is the whole life of mortals but a sort of play in which each actor appears on the boards in his specific mask and acts his part until the stage-manager calls him off? He acts wrongly who [...]
Jeromy Johnson | November 15, 2007
SharePost one of two… Warning: Long post ahead. Chapter five in Romans is the pivotal point of Paul’s letter. Everything prior is building up to it. Everything after is a celebration and a fleshing out of its conclusions. It’s conclusions and intent are direly important to the message of Romans that Paul is trying to [...]
