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Aaron Berry is a co-author for the Pursuing the Pursuer Blog. You can read more articles from Aaron and his colleagues by subscribing to their blog or following them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Aaron currently resides in Allen Park, MI with his wife and two children, where he serves in his local church and recently completed an MDiv degree at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary.
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December 18, 2020
Being “poor in spirit” does not mean having a spirit of abjection or wallowing in misery. While it is appropriate for us to have no misconceptions about our own spiritual depravity apart from Jesus, it is inappropriate to elevate self-pity or misery as a virtue.
February 27, 2020
Google the phrase “Ashes to Ashes” and the first thing you’ll find is a famous song by David Bowie. Considered to be a song referencing his own struggle with drug and the desire to bury the past, the chorus of the song reads:
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom’s a junkie
Strung out in heaven’s high
Hitting an all-time low
As this chorus implies, “ashes to ashes” is often used to refer to the temporality or futility of human endeavors. But the phrase’s meaning is far deeper than that. In fact, “ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” finds its origins long before David Bowie.
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October 20, 2019