by Kurtis Vanderpool | Sep 23, 2020 | Instagram, Social Media Posts
God doesn’t need a defense attorney or someone clearly spelling out the lines of right and wrong good and bad line crossed and lawsuit impending God never asked us to dictate the rules, draw the lines, or bring down the hammer on people, no matter who they are...
by Kurtis Vanderpool | Sep 22, 2020 | Instagram, Social Media Posts
This passage from Matthew 18 has caused a fair bit of consternation within me.. or maybe it just gave me gas. How could God–the God that I have personally experiences as all-loving, all-forgiving, and all-patient–how could she possibly tell us to kick someone out of...
by Kurtis Vanderpool | Sep 4, 2020 | Instagram, Social Media Posts
“Church” is changing. And hallelujah…it needs to. God is moving us away from the idea of denominations and 501c3 nonprofit status. We are leaving our buildings behind for people who really need them The Church is not meant for walls. We...
by Kurtis Vanderpool | Sep 2, 2020 | Instagram, Social Media Posts
This phrase changed my life. I was angry at churches. Christians everywhere had let me down. I couldn’t be a part of it anymore. It had all been just for show. Then, Kendra Creasy Dean (a brilliant human and leader) said these words. It made so much sense. I...
by Kurtis Vanderpool | Aug 31, 2020 | Instagram, Social Media Posts
from The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle. What Christian church looks like and what we believe has ALWAYS been changing with the time. Relationship with God is fluid. It’s dynamic. It morphs and grows and changes shape. But it always remains clay and potter....
by Kurtis Vanderpool | Aug 28, 2020 | Instagram
from Giving Up Sunday available on Amazon – Isolation is the single most dangerous thing in our world these days. Nothing twists the mind and poisons the heart quite like it. – Deconstruction can quickly create painful isolation. No one who has given their...
