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Clinging to our gospel
Is it not possible that we cling too closely to our own favorite presentation of the gospel, and to a type of preaching which was very well it its on time and place and for the social set-up for which it was originally intended?
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Blessed are you…
A modern telling of the B-attitudes.. 140 characters at a time:
Blessed are those who don’t have it all together.
Blessed are those who have run out of strength, ideas, will power, resolve, or energy.
Blessed are those who ache because of how severely out of whack the world is.
Blessed are those stumble, trip, and fall in [...]
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The gospel and the poor according to Tim Keller
I’ve shared this on Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook but it’s worth sharing here again as well.
It’s not the bite size 11 minutes like Rob Bell’s video from last week, but its a great extended discussion on what the gospel is — and the effect it should have on our lives.
Tim’s message goes till 44 min [...]
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The Gospel According to Rob Bell
God wants to put it all back together…
Be the resurrection!
A great reminder.
“If people only had your life and they were asked, “Has Jesus risen from the dead?” How would they answer?
HT to Jonathan Brink.
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A day of fasting
This is the kind of fast day I’m after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,
cancel debts.
What I’m interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless [...]
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The church is a war room – not a waiting room
Kingdom Coming from Shaun Groves on Vimeo.
Thoughts? Many great things here.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of [...]
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re: Tribal faith
Listening to Rob Bell share some great thoughts and ideas on Tribes (taken from Phil 3).
A great thought ::
“Sometimes when some people say ‘the gospel’ they’re really talking about tribal identity masquerading as the gospel… and Jesus is bigger than any tribe.”
“Beware of dem dawgs!”
Don’t let the tribe come between you and The Gospel [...]
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the good news according to Mark
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I woke up quite early this morning.
Around 3 I pulled myself out of bed and opened up my copy of The Message to finish reading the good news according to Mark.
As I read through it, several things crossed my mind.
Matthew seems to write from the mindset of proving to the Hebrews that Jesus was the [...]
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Thoughts for today
a. what does it really mean to “meditate on Scripture”?
b. do we really pray with hope?
c. Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with [...]
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An incredible, shrinking Gospel
I know – I promised I’d go back and talk more about the security system Brian McLaren talks about in “Everything Must Change.” I will – soon (I hope). But as I read on I have to share some of these thoughts….
“The Gospel of Christ knows of no religion, but social; no holiness but social [...]
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