Because what makes God's grace offensive isn't who it leaves out, but
who it lets in... starting with you and me.
But the Vatican is clear: you have to be careful
who you let in the boat!
What makes the gospel offensive isn't who it casts out, but
who it lets in, and the true mark of our holiness as a Church is in how well we love the least of these.
I was speaking with a friend who has spent some time in the Contemporary Christian Music industry (they wouldn't want me to use their name here, but if you've spent any time listening to CCM, you'd be familiar with it)
who let me in on a little secret: A lot of Christian songs aren't written by people who would claim to be Christian.
The editors employ an epigram from Max Weber: «The early Christians knew full well the world is governed by demons and that
he who lets himself in for politics, that is, for power and force as means, contracts with diabolical powers and for his action it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true.
In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if what makes the Gospel offensive is not who it keeps out, but
who it lets in.
He remembered that what makes the gospel offensive isn't who it keeps out, but
who it lets in....
As I said in my keynote, what makes the gospel offensive isn't who it keeps out but
who it lets in.
The spirit visits
those who let it in but they may have to be led to it.
Only Chelsea conceded less goals than the South coast side,
who let in 33 as they managed to finish seventh despite several high profile departures the summer before.
The players that we were being linked with via the media at the end of May were the following names, and some of these have continued to appear during the past few days, especially Joe Hart, the current England keeper,
who let in two free kicks from outside the box against Scotland at the weekend, which won't have increased his value in the market:
Luckily, he was a friendly sentinel
who let us in on this spontaneous visit.
Some are more exclusive than others about
who they let in, and in many cases researchers are fairly far down the list.
Recently I had a chat with London personal trainer and natural bodybuilding champion, Rolandas,
who let me in on these metabolism miracles.
The team is selective about
who they let in the door because they want to foster a themed dating environment centered around certain attributes that matter to daters.
I'm very fun person who loves to travel and experience new things, family is very important to me, very open minded not into judging people for who they because we all have choices of
who we let in our circle!
Who you let in to your site, LAN and systems is important.
Then these poor writers would wander the roads and the streets peddling their books to any unsuspecting store
who let them in the door.
I mean,
who let her in here?
Finally, I found someone
who let me in to the offices where the work was being stored.
And b.) because the units are nicer, your stakes are higher so you'll want to be extra selective on
who you let in there.
We do allow the pups to sleep there (it was my hubby
who let them in the first place, hahah!).
It would be very cozy and comfy in all the colors that are soothing for me and inviting for anyone
who I let in.
You'll probably want to be careful
who you let in: you don't want someone who might start cheekily tweeting on your behalf.
Not exact matches
The move is most significant for users of Windows 10 S, which is a more streamlined version of Windows 10 meant for low - cost PCs and laptops used
in classrooms,
who could not use iTunes because their operating system only
lets them download apps available
in the Microsoft Store.
But, as it turns out, their biology was really interesting and that
let them bring
in (CEO) David Schenkein,
who is exquisitely good.
Says McConnell's longtime friend Bill Stone,
who is a party regular
in Louisville: «Mitch has always been a believer
in knocking them out, and when they're down, putting your foot on their throat and not
letting them up.
In a peer setting, an employee
who is able to say, «Hey, I'm not sure this makes sense either, but for now
let's just do our best and get it done» is priceless.
The professional matchmaking process
lets health systems find doctors with specific credentials (say, an internal medicine specialist with five years» experience
who is free to work at a New York — area hospital
in July) and vice-versa.
What we
in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies
in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and
who is going to lead China for the next 10 years,
let alone what their policy leanings may be.
«Which is to say, it shouldn't have to be all sunshine and rainbows... It's about
letting our partner
in on the parts of ourselves that aren't whole yet, and allowing them to help us come alive
in the space between
who we are and
who we want to be.»
We all have that colleague
who has a couple dozen tabs open
in their web browser at any given time,
letting them pile up and shrink smaller until it's difficult to distinguish among them.
Getting too Busy to Stay Organized: As work piles up, it's easy to
let organization slide, says Tata Harper,
who started an eponymous skincare line at her home
in Shoreham, Vt. «It is easy to succumb to disorganization when you are working
in the same place that you live since it is a private space that you don't often share with» coworkers or other visitors, she says.
It was unclear if she would face charges, but an 80 - year - old woman
who did the same thing
in 2016 was
let off the hook due to her age.
Instead of yelling at the guy
who cut you off or getting stuck
in a blocked -
in parking spot, General Motors China says it has a solution: It's called DiDi Plate, and it
lets Android users text any car owner by scanning their license plate with their phone's camera and sending it to a cloud ID service.
Let me tell you about Craig Howe, a young musician I know
who started the Williamsburg School of Music
in New York City's borough of Brooklyn about four years ago.
Cars have long been sold as «a product that is closely associated with
who you are,» says Arun Sundararajan, a professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, explaining that
letting strangers
in can uncomfortably infringe on that identity.
While walking
in with lots of questions for those on the sales floor is totally acceptable, customers
who don't realize it's the busiest shopping day of the year may feel
let down when it's impossible for you to spend as much time catering to their requests, says Mike Wittenstein, founder of Storyminers, an Atlanta - based customer experience and service design consultancy.
Each company has multiple unlimited use plans (great for business people
who are on the phone all day, such as Realtors), as well as roaming agreements that
let users roam
in major markets.
«We should not just
let it be about «Oh this man behaved like this» and «This is so shocking,» or all of that,» Shah Rukh Khan, another top movie star
who's worked
in Bollywood for three decades, told Business Insider.
In a last ditch effort, Wagstaff,
who goes by Dr. Bob, brought the Orabrush to a marketing class at Brigham Young University's graduate school, which offers companies the chance to
let students perform a case study for them for about $ 1,500.
Instead, I thought I'd
let the entrepreneurs
who participated
in Inc.com's caucus forum have the last word.
Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts
in a World That Can't Stop Talking, cites research conducted by Adam Grant at the Wharton School
who found that introverted leaders often get better results, compared with extroverts, because the latter can unwittingly squelch creativity by not giving up the reins and
letting people run with their own ideas.
Let's be honest — and this is coming from someone
who works
in marketing — there are no «laws»
in marketing.
Doing so will
let you take advantage of the extended online and
in - store browsing habits of today's highly informed consumers,
who may be newly equipped with gift cards and holiday cash.
And as the summer sets,
let us be stewards of truth
who in unison proclaim: fiat justitia ruat caelum.
Facebook is financing hotspots
in villages
in countries like South Africa, which requires agreement from entrepreneurs
who are willing to act as evangelists, writes Wired's Jessi Hempel: These business owners need to
let people know that the hotspots are there and make them feel comfortable sticking around to use them.
Then,
let's go one step further and look at how companies
who have hired women on their own have fared:
in those situations, a 2010 McKinsey & Co. study found that companies actually have better financial performance.
CEO Sheldon Arora,
who is always visible
in his glass office, encourages employees to feel free to approach him to ask a question, deal with a supervisor issue, or just
let him know about a personal problem.
But
in an interesting twist, a developer
who was hired by Reddit to work on the idea of a «crypto - currency» — a form of Bitcoin that users could receive
in exchange for contributing content, or as a way of distributing some of the shares that were issued
in the site's fundraising round — said
in a post on Medium that he was working on a plan to de-centralize Reddit
in just this way before he was
let go.