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Your First Love

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:18:26 +0000

One of my favorite books from last year was "With" by Skye Jethani. He asks the question What is the most important thing in your life, what is your treasure?" He points out that if the answer to that question isn't Jesus. Then what you've got, no matter how great it is, is an idol. And the church might just be the one to blame.

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(Script)ure.

Jonathan Storment — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:30:19 +0000

The story that the Bible is telling is Epic. It's this large over-arching story with a thousand different characters that are flawed and hopeful, deeply broken yet strangely included. And there is a plot that is guiding these little stories toward a larger more magnificent one.

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Kenosis

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:20:23 +0000

When I was in college, I had a Bible professor bring this idea up to me over lunch one day. And I initially thought that he was a heretic. To be fair, I actually assumed that a lot my first two years at Harding. I didn’t understand the tradition that God had given us of [...]

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The Purpose of Worship

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:56:02 +0000

So right after Leslie and I had gotten married, we lived in Searcy for one final semester before moving to Texas. We had broken free of the shackles of curfew, and we went crazy. Of course by crazy, I mean that we went to Wal-Mart after midnight. And that’s where this story picks up. Because it [...]

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Love Never Fails

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:00:44 +0000

The word Love is the most overused word in the English language. We love Honda's, our parents, and Sloppy Joe's. But the Biblical vision of what Love means is actually much more complex, difficult...and beautiful.

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