http://www.henze-associates.com/blog 'cause you know you're curious... Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:30:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is from Dan Allender's book -- The Healing Path -- which I read years ago. (One of my clients was just so incredibly gracious as to type out and email me the key part this evening...) It's been the foundation of my thinking with respect to activism for years. What ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/21/cal/leaving-the-basic-principals/ What if Starbucks marketed like the church??? [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_dZTrjw9I] It's nausea inducing -- and it's starkly true. What is even more disturbing is that this video is itself actually a marketing tactic for a company that MARKETS CHURCHES called BeyondRelevanceDotCom. (No, I will NOT provide a live link to them...) I'm not sure which is ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/19/cal/marketing-jesus/ Got this emailed to me today -- and I have to post it. ...Is there anyone in our midst who pretends to understand the awesome love in the heart of the Abba of Jesus that inspired, motivated and brought about Christmas? The shipwrecked at the stable kneel in the presence ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/18/cal/the-relentless-tenderness-of-jesus-the-shipwrecked-at-the-stable/ Steve McVey: "The new Christian who has all along been glorifying Christ through his behavior without even thinking about his behavior now stops focusing on Christ and starts focusing on his behavior. The face of Jesus fades into the background and a list of religious rules emerge as the focal ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/12/ros/focus-on-jesus-character-not-on-your-behavior/ Steve McVey: " know you're expecting me to come back with an army, and set you free from these creeps, but actually I am the Messiah. At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh, my God, he's gonna keep saying this. So what you're left with ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/07/ros/bono-on-jesuscomplete-sanctification/ Steve McVey: "it is only when you understand how deeply you are loved that you will be released to pour out agape on others. 1 John 4:19 says ‘we love because He first loved us.’ We don’t just love Him for that reason. We love everybody for that reason. When ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/07/ros/unconditional-grace-motivatesmoves-us/ Steve McVey: "As Jesus said, the greater our understanding of forgiveness the greater the love. The obstacle that most people have trouble getting past in accepting the reality that all their sins have been forgiven is the idea that future sins could already be dealt with, even before we commit them. ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/12/07/ros/are-our-future-wrongs-really-forgiven-y/ Grace Walk Resources - Company Info: "Each member of the Grace Walk team has a passion to share the sufficiency of Jesus Christ, not only for salvation, but for daily living. We have each experienced the bondage of legalism but have been transformed by coming to understand our identity in ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/30/ros/grace-walk-resources-company-info/ Steve McVey: March 2008: " all our sins have been paid for (see Colossians 2:13-14); why would the Holy Spirit call our attention to them now? Hebrews 10:1-2 says that when we know we are cleansed, we lose consciousness of sins. Make no mistake about it. Your sins have been ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/23/ros/jesus-tells-of-our-righteousness-in-him/ Steve McVey: March 2008: "Let’s face it – the grace walk so contradicts the way many of us grew up believing was the right approach to the Christian life. It may even contradict what we’ve believed up until this moment. So, when the Holy Spirit ‘starts messing with’ our belief ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/23/ros/the-fear-of-losing-control-of-our-beliefs/ Steve McVey: May 2008: " The sails on the boat can be a metaphor for our lives. The wind (Christ's Spirit) must fill us in order for us to move forward toward our destination. 2. The tell-tales let you know when the wind is moving across the sail in the most ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/20/ros/sailing-a-metaphor-for-grace/ Steve McVey: September 2008: "I put this online a long time ago, but enough time has passed that I want to use it again. What do you see? This sketch has been around since the late 1800s. It's a picture of both an old woman and a young woman, depending ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/16/ros/two-perspectives/ GV July 2007: "Christians are those who have become one with God through Jesus Christ. Everything in our lives is intimately associated with Him through our relationship to Him, thus making it sacred. Because Christ lives through you, all that you do becomes sanctified (made holy) because He is the ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/09/ros/christian/ GV Jan 2008: "Control freaks – that’s what we all are when we try to be in charge of our own lives. God never intended for us to be in control. Controlling things is His role, not ours. ‘My life is out of control!’ people have tearfully said to me ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/11/01/ros/reflections-on-releasing-control/ The New Yorker But, according to Add Health data, evangelical teen-agers are more sexually active than Mormons, mainline Protestants, and Jews. On average, white evangelical Protestants make their “sexual début”—to use the festive term of social-science researchers—shortly after turning sixteen. Among major religious groups, only black Protestants begin having sex earlier. Another ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/29/cal/evangelical-abstinence/ LiveNHim: "You don't need to have a kind of 'in your face' grace approach exclaiming your freedom to those who 'just don't quite get it'. Now, there may be a time where you do need to take a stand on God's grace and freedom in the church, but I'm talking ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/28/ros/grace-in-our-freedom-to-others/ LiveNHim: "God gave us an incredible gift in the human body and brain. Every action, thought, desire is recorded on the human hard drive of the brain. The ‘old self’ or nature is dead (that’s what happens when you get crucified...you don’t typically recover) and you have been raised up ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/28/ros/what-is-the-appearance-of-sin/ reportonbusiness.com It's the beginning of the end for Windows Vista. Today, Microsoft Corp. kicks off its marathon pitch about life after Vista, and even though the next evolution of Windows won't be ready until 2010, at the earliest, the company doesn't think it's too soon to start prepping for a bug-free launch. Otherwise, ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/27/cal/vista-set-to-ride-into-the-sunset/ mdolla. Here's a new [prayer] machine [that] can be found on the streets of Orlando. I just don't know why but it kinda reminded me of something... And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/27/cal/and-when-you-pray-you-shall-not-be-like-the-hypocrites-2/ Understanding the Inspirational Personality Type : Lifetime Guarantee Ministries: "Personality Traits Ambitious Charger Confident/Determined Intuitive Persuasive Spontaneous Adaptable Responsible Flesh Type & Traits (Over-bearing) Pushy/Ready-Fire-Aim Domineering/Intimidating Egotistical Restless Insensitive Undisciplined Over-bearing Can't say no" This is a fascinating personality chart. We are to encourage the personality/spirit and ignore the flesh traits. This is because sin does not come into play anymore, beyond the fact it just ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/26/ros/believers-personality-chart/ What is of paramount importance is the content of what truth is: "With my wisdom firmly placed in Him, I can enjoy fellowship with others who are in Him and who may understand some truth differently than I do. I can desire to know the 'what's' and the 'why's', but ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/24/ros/restingexploring-truth/ globeandmail.com. "There are millions of people around this world praying to their god - whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah - that his [McCain's] opponent wins. ... And Lord, I pray that you will guard your own reputation, because they're going to think that their God is bigger than you, if that ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/21/cal/public-notice-god-specifically-yahweh-currently-on-life-support/ Abiding: " second reason we do not understand abiding is that our humanness does not want to. The heart of abiding is dependence. Dependence is the mortal enemy of self (our flesh). Our flesh screams out against dependence. We like the idea of improving ourselves 'for' God. We are drawn ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/19/ros/what-does-abidingresting-in-jesus-mean/ Libertarian Party of Canada: "There are many generous Canadians who give to charities they are most concerned about, even now with high taxes. Think of the possibilities for giving in a society with extremely low taxation. People are concerned about providing for their own families and living responsibly and they ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/13/ros/a-great-political-alternative-for-canada/ Philosophy of Ministry: "he Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. We are all desperate, and that is in fact the only state appropriate to a human being who wants to know God. Having ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/10/07/ros/the-real-purpose-of-the-law-jesus/ HURRICANE KATRINA, MEANS OF JUDGMENT OR OPPORTUNITY FOR HOPE: "d not the death of Christ deal with the root cause of sinful behavior:  sinful hearts?  For me, a pat answer of God's judgment merely raises many many more questions. We are tempted to be deceived into believing that grace is too ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/30/ros/grace-is-not-licence/ A TALE OF TWO MIRRORS: "ven though my new mirror did not yet need cleaning, I still tried different things to dress up the frame out of habit. After trying everything to dress up the frame, one day I sought to clean the mirror.  Surely the mirror needed cleaning by now. So, ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/29/ros/a-tale-of-two-mirrors/ A TALE OF TWO MIRRORS: "ven though my new mirror did not yet need cleaning, I still tried different things to dress up the frame out of habit. After trying everything to dress up the frame, one day I sought to clean the mirror.  Surely the mirror needed cleaning by now. So, ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/29/ros/jesus-as-my-only-heart/ SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "don’t understand much about the ‘why’ of this tragedy, but this I do know: God makes a person brand new in order to give him the life of His Son…and Christ’s life is sufficient for any situation! During this national distress, we will be tempted to do something ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/29/ros/september-11-2001/ ONE IOTA OF DIFFERENCE: "Adam and Eve fell for the temptation to believe Satan’s one iota of a difference regarding the truth about God, and as a result, a division resulted between man and his relationship with God.  All of us inherited this division, this separation.  Jesus the Truth came ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/29/ros/one-iota-of-difference/ My Personal Psalm 23: "…I shall not want (lack). I used to fall so short in my self-efforts to achieve goodness and happiness (Romans 3:10-12). But now the Lord has given me His righteousness as a gift (Galatians 2:20-21) and His life as my joy (Galatians 5:22, John 17:13). I am now complete ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/26/ros/my-personal-psalm-23/ John Fischer We've got to do something about Jesus. Tone Him down somehow. Make Him fit more into our idea of twentieth-century spirituality. Maybe it's these new translations that are causing the problem. King James's English kept Him comfortably distant, slightly removed from reality; but the new translations make Him appear ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/24/cal/christ-under-control/ UNION WITH CHRIST: " However, God doesn’t just want to help me! J  Oh how He wants to live through me in the life of His dear Son to minister to others (Galatians 2:20)!  These two attempts (at-temptations!) at ‘living’ are based on the subtle deception that I have a separate ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/23/ros/not-christ-help-just-jesus-in-me/ Michael Moore. "I'm giving you my blanket permission to not only download it, but also to email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyone (in the U.S. and Canada only). I want you to use 'Slacker Uprising' in any way you see fit to help with the election ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/23/cal/slacker-uprising/ BEHOLDING CHRIST: "true transformation comes not by doing anything, but only by beholding Christ.  Trust Him to reveal what this means.  Following  is my personal paraphrase of 2 Corinthians 3:18: Your need for striving by the law has been removed!  You are now free to be intimately one with Christ!  Look ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/19/ros/beholding-christ/ YOU LISTENED TO ME: "Our ears are the foundation of any true ministry in the body of Christ if we realize…He listens through us. I’m free!  Jesus is now real to me and to others I listen to, because for one brief moment in time…you listened to me. " This is a fantastic ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/19/ros/you-listened-to-me/ A One-Word Sermon: “Paul”: " it doesn’t matter if I make a good name for myself or a bad name for myself in this world… it just doesn’t matter one itty bitty witty bit!  All that matters in all the heavens and the earth is that by grace Christ has ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/18/ros/a-one-word-sermon-paul/ TRUE HEALING: " But Jesus never physically healed anyone to healing sakes.  His healing was always for His sake…to reveal the reality of His divine life -- the only true life there is and ever will be. I believe the primary focus on our preconceived idea of physical healing can subtly ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/16/ros/true-healing/ BROKENNESS: "Brokenness is the loving work of God as He uniquely strips each of His children of his or her self-sufficiency so that the beauty of Christ’s life shines through.  Isaiah 33:17 promises that ‘Your eyes will see the King (Jesus) in His beauty.’" I very good brief article on the ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/15/ros/brokenness/ USATODAY.com. Now there are 1.1 million copies in print and, two weeks ago, FaithWords, a division of Hachette Book Group, signed on as co-publisher with Windblown. Hatchette agreed to a 500,000-copy press run in June and a national campaign in the secular market in July. The Shack's success has changed Young's life ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/15/cal/shack-opens-doors-but-critics-call-book-scripturally-incorrect/ The Local A church minister from Stockholm has been charged with assaulting his wife after an amorous threesome spiralled out of control, Metro reports. (Note -- thank the editor for the spelling on this one...) Just a few simple questions: Why is it that we seem to only get honesty about what ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/09/01/cal/love-one-another/ Attack ad targets hot dogs as cancer risk: "Their report last November said eating 50 grams a day of processed meats for several years increases colorectal cancer risk by 21 per cent. That equals about one hot dog a day or two deli slices of bologna or five slices of ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/08/27/ros/attack-ad-targets-hot-dogs-as-cancer-risk/ Hujonwi's Place Heavenly Father, we come before you to ask your forgiveness. We seek your direction and your guidance. We know your word says, "Woe to those who call evil good." But that's what we've done. We've lost our spiritual equilibrium. We have inverted our values. We have ridiculed the absolute truth ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/08/15/cal/pastor-with-guts/ globeandmail.com His own research has concluded there are five foundations, or systems, that people use to construct their morality. These foundations can be compared to five colours on a palette. Liberals tend to rely only on two, while conservatives tend to use all five. The first two, favored by liberals are: Harm: whether someone ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/08/13/cal/ok-lets-try-this-sie-sprechen-deutsch/ Associated Press Yearly estimates allow better recognition of trends in the U.S. epidemic. For example, the new report found that infections are falling among heterosexuals and injection drug users. Some experts celebrated that finding, saying it's a tribute to prevention efforts, including nearly 200 syringe exchange programs now operating in 36 states ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/08/04/cal/apparently-theres-something-not-down-in-the-us-economy/ Typology of Clergy Who Engage in Sexual Misconduct PSYCHOTIC & SEVERE BORDERLINES Impulsivity due to poor controls; sexual contact due to bizarre belief systems or theories; poor social judgment concerning actions and words; may have variety of sexual targets. Some ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/07/18/cal/identifying-an-abuser/ John Fischer - Chapter 33 Fear of Dancing The Spirit of God dances. He can't be tamed. He won't be contained. He refuses to be confined to a weekend retreat, an evening meeting, or even a moment of devotion. He doesn't follow schedules, programs, or agendas, and He doesn't wait for His ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/07/16/cal/has-he-already-left-the-building/ Chris Sligh - Empty Me - Lyrics Empty me of the selfishness inside Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride And any foolish thing my heart holds to Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with you. Imagine you and your husband/wife gave birth to a little girl and ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/07/13/cal/evangelical-self-hatred/ Mail Online 'One of the saddest moments when I was thinking about my marriage was when I realized that sex with Brad was the only thing we shared that was unique to us. 'It was what made us more than roommates, and yet I was denying our marriage that aspect.' But did it ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/07/10/cal/could-you-make-love-to-your-husband-every-day-for-a-year/ The Messenger (EMC) Direct link: (Please see page #3) The Messenger Mag Not what we wear? If a person were invited to Buckingham Palace to see the queen, would they wear blue jeans? I wonder if they’d even let them in. Even the non-believer dresses up for a social event, but us, we come ... http://www.henze-associates.com/blog/2008/07/09/cal/what-would-jesus-wear/