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Relational Theology

11/30/2015

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When Dr Oord asked me to review this book, I was in a bit of a quandary.  Why would a theologian want my opinion about his newest book?  Theology is just a hobby of mine, like my interest in cultural anthropology.  I think maybe because I had written him about I much I enjoyed his earlier book, Relational Holiness and have engaged in online discussions with him, he must have thought I would have something interesting to say.

Being a counselor educator by profession, I am frequently evaluating the writings of my students, the research pertaining to my field and am trying to incorporate my hobbies into my professional life, looking for overlap.  This book did bring together my profession and my hobbies.  

I was glad to write this short review.  I am new to the field of Relational Theology. Hopefully without being offensive, I would retitle the book, Relational Theology for Dummies.  I don’t say that because I think that the book is not worthy of reading, I say it because it is a perfect book for someone like me:  someone who is not a professional theologian, but someone who wants to understand the Relational branch of Christian theology in a simple format

This is a very easy read and covers many different areas of Relational Theology.  It contains 31 chapters that are short and heavily edited.  These chapters are grouped into four sections:  1) Doctrines of Theology in Relational Perspective, 2) Biblical Witness in Relational Perspective, 3) The Christian Life in Relational Perspective, and 4) Ethics and Justice in Relational Perspective.  There were several contributors I recognized and even some with whom I have been personally acquainted:  Callen, Oord, Lodahl, Flood, Winslow, Thompson, Peterson, Leclerc, Salguero, Mann and many others.  

To give you a flavor of the book, I’ll share with you some of my favorites sections:

-       “God is understood to be truly personal, loving, and not manipulative (7).”

-       “God’s grace works powerfully, but not irresistibly, in matters of human life and salvation.  God empowers our “response-ability” without overriding our genuine responsibility (8).”

-       “God created humanity to be in responsible relationship with Him, and to find its identity – the “image of God” – in relationship.  Yet humanity sought to become independent of its Creator and claim self-sufficiency (15).”

-       “God is love, and if we truly live in relationship with God, we will live in love with others and all creation (16).”

-       “When we explore relationship through the notions of love and trust, we see that faith and relationship become inseparable (34).”

-       “A relational interpretation of the Christian faith proceeds on the assumption that God has created us human beings to be loved and to love … sin is a term that may be identified with any falling short of God’s ideal for us:  a life of love (37).”

-       “Through intimate union with God in Christ in a living personal relationship, we are transformed into His likeness.  We do not merely follow His example.  Rather, we become Christlike through abiding in Christ, through living in God (41).”

-       “To read Scripture as the Church means that we read with God and with one another.  We listen to what God calls of us as the people of God.  We also listen to one another, as we discern what that call might even mean for us, at this time and in this place (60).”

-       “Prayer is waking up to the presence of God (67).”

-       “Too many of us function like atheists when it comes to prayer.  We claim belief in God, but we do not act on it (68).”

-       “God not only created us for relationship, God also seeks to restore and strengthen that relationship when strained (81).”

-       “Love is at the heart of ethics (89).”

-       “God is love.  Love attempts to care for all people.  Love considers how power affects the lives of people (94).”

-       “Holiness only exists in it expression, which is love (102).”

-       “God has freely created all that is … creatures are free because they have been created by God to reflect and embody God’s loving freedom (108).”

-       “Obedience, which reflects love and gratitude, cannot be forced, because the nature of love requires freedom to obey (112).”

-       “When freedom to obey means freedom to disobey, the relational God pursues the exiles from Eden.  God reminds them they could choose restoration and peace (112).”

-       “All creation is interrelated and creation is ongoing.  God is both Creator at the beginning and continues to create today (114).” 

This book is an exciting compilation of the best of today’s Relational Theologians that quickly became very meaningful to me as I ponder my relationship with God.  I could easily have quoted many more sections of this book and would heartily recommend that you read it as well.  

One of the things that I like about this book is also its biggest weakness.  This book is edited so that the chapters are short, less than four pages.  That made it easy for an armchair theologian like myself who needs time to digest concepts and not feel overwhelmed in jargon.  However the short chapters, in an attempt to explain concepts,  at times seemed a bit disjointed, jumping from one concept to another within the same chapter, reading a bit choppy. 

One suggestion for the reprint as I’m sure that this book will become popular:  I would suggest that each chapter reference the author's recommended bibliography.  This would help the reader follow-up in more detail the chapters that interest him/her more.  

My grateful thanks is extended to Dr Oord for providing me with a copy of this book.  I would recommend you purchase this book if you desire a cursory overview of Relational Theology.  It is the first serving of a theological meal that won’t completely satisfy your appetite but leave you hungry for a bigger helping.


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Sunday Meditation

11/29/2015

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Simplicity
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The life of Christ in the soul is distinguished from the natural life, in being characterized by great SIMPLICITY. — It is a common idea, that those, who have been the subject of the interior transformation, have experienced something, which is very remarkable. And undoubtedly it is so.

​There is truth in the idea; but probably not in the sense, in which the world understands the term. The coming of Christ in the soul is remarkable, in the same sense in which the manner of Christ's entrance into the world was remarkable. It was certainly remarkable, that the Son of God, the "express image of the Father," should become the "babe of Bethlehem," the child of the humble Mary. And thus the new spiritual life when it exists in truth, is not the offspring of earthly royalty, that is heralded by the huzzas of the multitude, but rather the "infant in the manger," that is born in obscurity, and is known and honored only by the lowly in heart. It is a life, so far from any thing that is calculated to attract attention in the worldly sense, that it is known and characterized in no one particular more than by what we have denominated its simplicity; by its being in the language of the Savior like a "little child;" by its freedom from ostentation and noisy pretension; by its inward nothingness.


— edited from The Interior or Hidden Life (1844) Part 2, Chapter 13 by Thomas Cogswell Upham.  You can find more of his work at the blog, The Hidden Life, managed by Craig L Adams at:  
http://thomascupham.blogspot.com​


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My legacy

11/28/2015

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If I didn't wake up tomorrow 
You know what I would do?
I would run through the meadows 
My feet dampened by the dew

I would be at peace
And finally be free
Free from the darkness
Escaping all misery

It would be great to swim 
in the cool crystal pools
Reuniting with loved ones
and acting like fools

The food would be great
the banquet would never end
We would dine with Jesus
as if He were our closest friend 

I wouldn't care about below 
And all the pain I fled
Not that I was calloused 
But I realize eternity is ahead

But let's just say 
I actually did think for a bit
About the life I led
and the light that was lit

I would probably wonder
about the prints I leave
If others were touched
If I helped them to believe 

Did I allow God to guide
Even when my soul seemed bare?
Did I treat people kind?
Did I show them I care?

Perhaps I will look down
at some point to see
If those that I prayed for
Will carry on my legacy

My God only knows 
When that fateful moment will start
Until then, my job continues 
His words will guide my heart.

This post was written by Rev DeCrastos


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Fear not...peace on earth.

11/27/2015

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Nearly forty-seven million people are expected to travel this holiday season nationwide. We are proceeding with Thanksgiving despite global terrorism, a threat we readily acknowledge. According to a recent poll, eighty-one percent of Americans "think it is likely that there will be a terrorist attack in the U.S. in the near future that will cause large numbers of lives to be lost."
​U.S. Defense Secretary Jay Johnson is right: "Terrorists cannot prevail, if the people refuse to be terrorized."


Eight centuries before Christ, another nation faced the threat of terrorism. In 2 Chronicles 20, a marauding army came against the country of Judah. How did Judah's leader respond?

Wise King Jehoshaphat "was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord" (vs. 3-4). Then, as they prepared for battle, the king "appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, 'Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever'" (v. 21).

What happened? "When they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another" (vs. 22-23).

When we face frightening times, our best response is to turn to God in worship. Praise draws us into his presence, where we find his omnipotent power and omniscient wisdom. There we discover "the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7). And there we are home.


This post was written by Dr Jim Denison.  You can find his blog here:  http://www.denisonforum.org

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Give thanks to the Lord

11/26/2015

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This is a University, not a day care!!

11/25/2015

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This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt “victimized” by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13. It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love! In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable.
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I’m not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic! Any time their feelings are hurt, they are the victims! Anyone who dares challenge them and, thus, makes them “feel bad” about themselves, is a “hater,” a “bigot,” an “oppressor,” and a “victimizer.”

I have a message for this young man and all others who care to listen. That feeling of discomfort you have after listening to a sermon is called a conscience! An altar call is supposed to make you feel bad! It is supposed to make you feel guilty! The goal of many a good sermon is to get you to confess your sins—not coddle you in your selfishness. The primary objective of the Church and the Christian faith is your confession, not your self-actualization!

So here’s my advice:
If you want the chaplain to tell you you’re a victim rather than tell you that you need virtue, this may not be the university you’re looking for. If you want to complain about a sermon that makes you feel less than loving for not showing love, this might be the wrong place.

If you’re more interested in playing the “hater” card than you are in confessing your own hate; if you want to arrogantly lecture, rather than humbly learn; if you don’t want to feel guilt in your soul when you are guilty of sin; if you want to be enabled rather than confronted, there are many universities across the land (in Missouri and elsewhere) that will give you exactly what you want, but Oklahoma Wesleyan isn’t one of them.

At OKWU, we teach you to be selfless rather than self-centered. We are more interested in you practicing personal forgiveness than political revenge. We want you to model interpersonal reconciliation rather than foment personal conflict. We believe the content of your character is more important than the color of your skin. We don’t believe that you have been victimized every time you feel guilty and we don’t issue “trigger warnings” before altar calls.

Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a “safe place”, but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn’t about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that’s wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that’s wrong with them. This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up!

This is not a day care. This is a university!


This post was taken from http://www.okwu.edu/blog/2015/11/this-is-not-a-day-care-its-a-university/

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Teenager arrested in murder of pastor's wife

11/24/2015

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It was the crime that shocked the nation. Amanda Blackburn was a pastor's wife in Indianapolis. The 28-year-old was the mother of a 15-month-old son and was 12 weeks pregnant with the couple's daughter. She was shot on November 10 during an apparent home invasion and died the next day at a hospital. More than 2,000 people attended her memorial service.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced early this morning that it has arrested an 18-year-old on a preliminary charge of murder. Two other suspects have been arrested in relation to the murder as well. 

Paul wrote, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). What would he say to Pastor Davey Blackburn this Thanksgiving week? What would he say to you as you face your challenges today?

We find his answer in a jail cell. Paul came to Philippi with the good news of God's love. Lydia and others responded in faith, and the first church in Europe was established (Acts 16:15). Then he cast a demon from a slave, and her owners had him arrested. He and Silas were stripped, beaten, and thrown into prison. How did they respond?

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them (v. 25). Suddenly a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. The doors were opened, the bonds unshackled. The jailer assumed the prisoners had all fled and was about to kill himself when Paul intervened, saving his life. He then led the man and his family to Christ (vs. 26-34).

Why should we sing hymns at midnight in our jail cell? (Tweet this)

First, gratitude in the hardest places of life is a powerful resource. Paul could forgive his jailer because he had first worshiped the One who forgave all his sins. We enter God's gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise (Psalm 100:4). When we draw close to our Father in worship even in the worst pain and suffering, he empowers us to face our greatest challenges.

Second, gratitude is a powerful witness. The other prisoners heard Paul and Silas as they sang. When we are faithful to God in the hardest places, others take note and our faith becomes real to them.

Third, gratitude is a powerful legacy. Twenty centuries after Paul was persecuted in Philippi, we are still learning from his faith. You cannot measure the eternal significance of present faithfulness.

Pastor Davey Blackburn has been forthright about his faith during these horrific days. He told a national audience that Amanda is in "heaven with Jesus," and shared the last words he said to her in the hospital: "I told her that we knew how to do long distance 'cause we'd done it before and this wasn't something we couldn't overcome."

His last sermon before his wife's death was titled, "Worship as a Weapon." In it he notes, "What controls you is what you worship. Worship is a 24/7 lifestyle, lived out not just on Sunday, but Monday through Sunday, every single day." He adds, "We are great at worship. The question is, what are you great at worshipping? Not everything is going to sustain you." 

Later he states, "If Jesus is bigger than death itself, there is nothing that can come against you and me." His most recent tweet: "I'm really thankful for the hope of heaven in Jesus Christ. #NothingIsWasted."

The Lord Jesus is sustaining Davey Blackburn. Where do you need God's strength today?

This post was written by Jim Denison.  
​You can find his blog here:  
http://www.denisonforum.org

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Free condoms for kids:  Parents are relieved

11/23/2015

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The Condom Access Project is an initiative funded by California taxpayers that mails free condoms to kids as young as twelve years old. In a valiant effort to decrease rising rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, this is the foolproof solution that the geniuses at the California Family Health Council came up with. All your twelve-year-old daughter has to do is go to a website and complete an online form. Then this über-helpful agency will mail her a completely free ten-pack of condoms (along with some lubricant and sex-ed literature, of course) in a plain yellow envelope. 

Thank you, Condom Access Project! It’s always been so uncomfortable and awkward for us parents. It’s so wonderful that you can be there to step in and fill the gap for us. 

So there you have it, parents! You no longer have to face the drudgery of teaching your kids about sex! You don’t need to instill values! Why bother passing on God’s view of sex to your kids? Why, when it’s so much easier to just let the already-broke government ship your teenager a box of assorted condoms with a little K-Y®?!? 

You know what? I honestly do understand the logic behind this idea. I get it. Kids will be kids. I get that kids are going to have sex. (In fact, statistically, a lot of them are going to.) And I get that if they’re going to have sex anyway, it seems to make perfect sense that we’d want to protect them from unwanted pregnancies and STDs. We could even make the argument that we’re teaching them how to enjoy “consequence-free” sex. 

Or.....… 

Maybe we could simply revisit that very most primitive and outdated of irrelevant sex prevention programs—you know, that one where moms and dads actually have “the sex talk” with their own kids? You’ve heard of this one. It’s that same program where dads step through the awkwardness and just go ahead and lead their sons in purity by example. There’s also another component where parents teach their daughters about purity, dignity, self-respect, honor, integrity, and just plain, old-fashioned class. It’s where moms and dads actually assume the role of “Mom” and “Dad,” taking the time to talk plainly with their kids, addressing tough subjects like boundaries, love, commitment, foreplay, sex, orgasm, and where all of these things fit into the much bigger picture of how we live out our faith in a way that doesn’t just show us how to honor each other…but it also brings glory to God. 

But I’m kind of old school that way. 

This post was taken from the booklet Sex, Lust and XXX:  Fighting for your kids' purity in a sex saturated world. 

BE HOLY.
BE A MAN.

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Sunday Meditation

11/22/2015

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Christlikeness: Personal Friendships
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The Savior was susceptible of, and that he actually formed, to some extent, PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS AND INTIMACIES. It would be unreasonable to doubt, that he had a sincere affection, analogous probably in its nature to the filial and fraternal affections in other cases, to his mother, his reputed father, and his brethren and sisters after the flesh. Certainly we have an evidence of this declaration in part, not only in the fact of his dwelling so long with them as he did; but in the circumstance that, when he was suspended in the agonies of the Cross, he commended his mother to the care of the disciple John. It would hardly be consistent with the doctrine of his humanity, and would certainly be at variance with the many developments of his life as the "son of man," to suppose that he did not form a strong, personal attachment to the little company of his disciples. It  is said expressly in especial reference to his disciples, "having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them to  the end." It  is also explicitly narrated, that he loved Mary, and Martha, and Lazarus, the favored family of Bethany, whom he often visited. The disciple John, in particular, is characterized as the disciple whom Jesus loved. As he was set before us as an example, that we should follow him, this interesting trait, which resulted in the formation of friendly and affectionate intimacies, is what we should naturally expect to find in him. And furthermore, as one who came to suffer as well as to act, as a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," had he not some need even of human sympathy? And if this suggestion be well founded, where would he be disposed to look for the consolations, which even the sympathy of men is capable of affording, except in the bosoms of those, whom he loved peculiarly and confidentially? 

In connection with what has been said in relation to this interesting trait in the Savior, we may remark here, that nature teaches us, or rather the God of nature, that increased and special love, other things being equal, may properly flow in the channel of the domestic affections. And also that it is entirely consistent with holiness, and not only consistent but a duty, to exercise special love towards those, whether we are naturally related to them or not, with whom we are intimately connected in life, and whose characters are truly lovely.

As Christians, therefore, as those who have experienced or who aim at experiencing the sanctifying graces of the Spirit, we may regard ourselves as permitted, both on natural principles and in imitation of the Savior, to form such personal friendships and attachments as the Providence of God may favor and his holiness approve. Intimacies and friendships, formed on purely worldly principles, have no religious value, and are often positively evil. It is important, therefore, to remember, that all such friendships should be entirely subordinated, as they were in the case of the Savior, to the will of our heavenly Father. If, through the influence of the life of nature, they become inordinate, they are no better than any other idols.  It  is certain there is much in them that is amiable and pleasant, that they are authorized by the example of the Savior, and that they seem to be even necessary in our present situation; but like every thing else they must receive the signature of the divine approbation, and must be sustained or abandoned at the call of religious duty.

— edited from The Interior or Hidden Life (1844) Part 2, Chapter 13 by Thomas Cogswell Upham.  You can find more of his work at the blog, The Hidden Life, managed by Craig L Adams at:  
http://thomascupham.blogspot.com​

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Hearing God thru others

11/21/2015

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"The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; His word is on my tongue" - 2 Samuel 23:2

 God speaks through his people. He empowers us as agents to carry his messages—as Ananias did to Saul, as Cornelius did to Peter (and Peter did back to Cornelius). This method, human agency, is the second of God’s two preferred methods of communicating with us. Examples of it abound in Scripture. And, of course, Scripture itself is an example: the Biblical authors were his agents in communicating his precious words to us.

 How does it work? Well, while God uses his still, small voice to reach us directly, speaking into our minds, originating thoughts there instantly, he uses that very same voice to also reach us indirectly—that is, by speaking directly into the minds of others, directing a few of their thoughts, and then allowing them to use their spoken or written words to take his messages the rest of the way, to us. It may be that one of us, one in need of hearing from God, isn’t used to hearing from him, or doesn’t recognize his voice or just isn’t listening . . . or maybe doesn’t want to listen. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that God uses people who are listening and do want to hear to reach others who need to hear. It could be the inspired words of a pastor in the pulpit or the encouraging words of a friend at a coffee shop or the challenging words of brothers in a men’s group . . . or any one of many, many other possibilities.
 
 
Okay, so what do we do?

 Do you want to hear God’s voice? Does your busy calendar allow for it? Have you committed yourself to a group of men who are willing to speak his truth into your life? Think about these questions, brother--and commit today to figuring out how to begin to answer them affirmatively.

Copyright © 2013 Gather Ministries, All rights reserved.


​This post was written by Justin Camp of Gaither Ministries.  You can find their website here:  
www.gaitherminstries.com

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