Category: Missio Dei
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“The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative” Book Review
What is our mission in the World? Christopher J. H. Wright writes in the introduction to The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative: Fundamentally, our mission (if it is biblically informed and validated) means our committed participation as God’s people, at God’s invitation and command, in God’s own mission within the history of…
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An Upside-Down World
Christianity Today: An Upside-Down World The map of global christianity that our grandparents knew has been turned upside down. At the start of the 20th century, only ten percent of the world's Christians lived in the continents of the south and east. Ninety percent lived in North America and Europe, along with Australia and New…
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Theology and Economics: The Church
If families are the primary inculcators of virtue and values, and we live in a fallen world, how do fallen families become cells of virtuous and righteous behavior? How is it that fallen human beings become eikons of God? The answer is the Church. The purpose of the Church is not "ministries" and worship services.…
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Theology and Economics: A Quick Review
The Vision and Mission of God Visio Dei (Vision of God) – The triune God existing in prefect shalom with all creation, dwelling in perfect community with His animate eikons as they fill the earth and fulfill their call to be stewards of creation. Missio Dei (Mission of God) – Reclaim and renew all creation…
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Theology and Economics: Creation Implications
As we reflect on the creation portion of the biblical narrative, we can make the following observations and see the following implications for economics. Observations (These are linked to my earlier post on creation near the start of this series.) God ultimately owns all. The opening words of Genesis are, "In the beginning, God created…
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Theology and Economics: Vision, Mission, Ethic and Call
Based on what I have addressed so far, here is a summary of elements I think are central to a theology of economics. The Vision and Mission of God Visio Dei (Vision of God) – The triune God existing in prefect shalom with all creation, dwelling in perfect community with His animate eikons as they…
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Theology and Economics: Remembering the Whole Story
I wrote at the end of my last post, In short, the story begins with God creating the earth, intending to fill it with his animated eikons living in perfect shalom. The story ends with God recreating the earth, and dwelling among his animated eikons who now fill the earth, living in perfect shalom. This…
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Theology and Economics: A Summary Narrative
Over the last seven posts, I have outlined my understanding of the biblical narrative. What I write from this point forward assumes the observations made in these posts. Therefore, I thought reviewing and summarizing what I have written might be good. You can find the Introduction to the series here: Introduction. Creation I made the…
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Indentity
I am at an Emergent conference outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, as I write this post. Since much of the conference is about conversations, and I know very few people here, I am occupied with meeting people and starting relationships. The conversations always begin the same. "Hi, I'm Mike." Then comes the exchange about…
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Mission is the Heart of the Church
Mission is the Heart of the Church I just got back from a very busy time in Louisville, and I am still catching up. While visiting the Reformed-Angler, I came across this post. He reflects on an article by Marj Carpenter. Good stuff!