Inappropriate Conversations

“If it is an error for some Christians to make relative what God has made absolute, it is equally an error to make absolute what God has left relative."
Os Guinness

John 20:1-18 (“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him”)

#IC 72: Truth or Consequences for Christians (10/26/11)

Os Guinness - Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It

"Consequences. Do we still believe in consequences? No matter; they still believe in us."
The Author

Mark 15:25-47 (Darkness at noon, torn curtain in the temple, stone blockade)

#IC 23: Laws of Motion (8/7/10)

Sir Issac Newton

IC_Greg - "Laws Of Motion"

"Often, when someone dies, we feel a combination of love and something else, and this, too, is holy. And entirely human. And they don’t cancel each other out. Love and anger. Love and disappointment. Love and emptiness. We always love imperfectly. It is the nature of human love. And it is okay. But despite all the love in the world, when it comes down to it, none of us can know the reality of another."
Nadia Bolz-Weber

John 19:1-37 (when Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished”)

#IC 227: Some Assembly Required, Chapter 5 (7/6/20)

#IC 222: Displeasure (1/9/20)

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Shameless

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Accidental Saints

IC_Greg - "Nobody's Child"

#IC 195: Telling Your Stories before it's too late (3/17/17)

"Lord, please shine a light of hope on those of us who fall behind. And when we stumble in the snow, could you help us up while there's still time?" 
Stephanie Davis

Luke 23:39-43 (“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom”)

#IC 5: The Least of These and Why Danzig's "Godless" Rocks (4/2/10)

#IC 163: It Is Not Who You Know (4/14/15)

Stephanie Davis - River of No Return

Garth Brooks - No Fences

Danzig - III How the Gods Kill

"My prosecuting room still holds a strand of her hair in evidence."
Al Stewart

Matthew 27:11-26 (warned about his wife’s dream and seeing there was nothing he else he could do, Pilate washed his hands of accountability of the fate facing Jesus)

#IC 203: Some History There (9/29/17)

#IC 81: Singing a Song for Lovers (2/11/12)

Al Stewart - Love Chronicles

Original Cast Recording - Jesus Christ Superstar

Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber - "Pilate's Dream"

“Yes, a man is a dangerous thing. So is a scalpel. It can wound or it can save your life. You don't make it safe by making it dull; you put it in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing.”
John Eldredge

John 18:1-11 (Jesus told Peter to put away his sword, and we should understand that having a weapon does not mandate using it … as opposed to turning the other cheek and leaving fate in God’s hands – the cup the Father has given)

#IC 45: Macho Weaknesses (2/3/11)

#IC 106: The Violence of Denial (12/1/12)

John Eldredge - Wild At Heart

John Eldredge - Epic

"Some deny Jesus by saying they never knew him. Others deny Jesus by insisting that they are the only ones who 'really do' know him."
The Author

Matthew 26:31-75
Mark 14:26-72
Luke 22:31-62
John 13:36-38
John 18:15-27
(perhaps denying Jesus is so significant that it appears in every Gospel)

Walk The Earth 43 (12/24/16)

Walk The Earth 45 (7/25/17)