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grantimusmax
Grant Barnes, aka Grantimus Maximus, aka The Nerdcore Theologian. Currently, he is a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California. He is a graduate of Perkins School of Theology with a Masters Degree in Divinity. He graduated from Texas State University Cum Laude with a Bachelor's degree in English, minor in History. He watches way too many movies, reads too many books, listens to too much music, and plays too many video games to ever join the mundane reality people claim is the "Real World." He rejects your reality, and replaces it with a vision of what could be, a better one, shaped by his love for God.
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Tag Archives: Love
Walls, Bridges, and the Future of the UMC
God’s love doesn’t look like a wall, or a building, or a bulwark or barrier. God’s love is a bridge, from the future to the present, an Advent realized when we understand that God’s power is manifest when we share in blessed communion with each other, and seek the good, the just, the merciful and the grace-filled. Continue reading
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Beloved Children of God, 1 John 3:1-8
All those in Christ, saints living and dead, are bound together as a family of love. We aren’t a family by genetics, although some are related. We are a family bound by love, love poured out for you and for many on the cross. That love fills our cup today, and that love should cover any disagreements, any arguments, any divisions we have. If we but remember that we are all children of God, bound together by love, then what could keep us apart? Continue reading
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Weapon
Praying for your enemy is the ultimate weapon, Because it is a weapon that only heals. What enemy can exist if one prays for the other? If one loves their enemy, they cease to be an enemy At least in … Continue reading
Cut and Tie
Bonds like ropes link us to one another. It is easy to cut those ropes, with words, with thoughts, with rash actions without any reflection. These bonds are cut, But they can be reunited. They can be tied together. Tying … Continue reading
The Fear and the Joy
The following was delivered at the Eventide service at Lufkin First UMC on April 19, 2014. Matthew 28:1-10 28After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Easter, Easter Vigil, Fear, Holy Week, hope, Love, Religion, Resurrection
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The Hardest Commandment
This sermon was delivered first at Eventide worship on February 22, 2014, at Lufkin First UMC. Matthew 5:38-48 38 “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.[a] 39 But I say to you … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, faith, Jesus, Love, non-violence, Religion, Sermon on the Mount
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Day 2: The L-Word
John 1:29-34 (NRSV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism, Christianity, Jesus, Lent, Love, Religion, Valentine's Day
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The Advent Conspiracy: Love All
This sermon was delivered on December 23, 2012 at Wallace UMC. Luke 1:39-55 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted … Continue reading
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Be the Body—Ready for Anything
Ephesians 6:10-24 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11Put on the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For our* struggle is not against enemies … Continue reading
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Be the Body- Held to a Higher Standard
Ephesians 4:17-5:21 Common English Bible (CEB) The old and new life 17 So I’m telling you this, and I insist on it in the Lord: you shouldn’t live your life like the Gentiles anymore. They base their lives on pointless … Continue reading
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