Category: Series: Other Six Days (Book Discussion)
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The Other Six Days: Index
The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work and Ministry in Biblical Perspective A Book Discussion Why Discuss this Book? Chapter 1 Beyond Clericalized TheologyBeyond Unapplied TheologyBeyond Academic Theology Chapter 2 Laity and ClergyMinistry in the Old and New CovenantsEmergence of the Clergy Chapter 3 Two Peoples or One?The Trinity and the Nature of the Church Chapter…
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The Other Six Days: Final Thoughts
The Other Six Days As I said at the beginning of this series, this book has impacted me. It does an exceptional job of getting to the core of what mission is and what it means to be the Church. Here are a few things I appreciated most about the book. Ministry Stevens wrote that…
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The Other Six Days: Epilogue – Living Theologically
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Epilogue – Living Theologically The epilogue is subtitled "Living theologically." Stevens suggests that this phrase is an oxymoron to many. Theology is an abstract discipline detached from everyday life. Therein lies the problem. Stevens is fond of the quote by Puritan William…
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The Other Six Days: C9 – Confronting the Powers
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 9 - Resistance – Grappling With the Powers Confronting the Powers “The power of filling, subjugating, and dominating “all things”, including these powers is reserved to God and Christ alone. But the function of demonstrating God’s dominion and love is entrusted…
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The Other Six Days: C9 – Understanding the Powers
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 9 – Resistance – Grappling With the Powers Understanding the Powers As we go about being the Church in the world, we must be aware that we are not working in a neutral environment. There are forces and powers at work…
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The Other Six Days: C8 – Equipping for Mission
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 8 - Mission – A People Sent by God Equipping for Mission In the final section of Chapter 8, Stevens writes, “Our mission work is not to get people to ‘come to church’ but to go with the Son of Man…
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The Other Six Days: C8 – The Church and Mission
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 8 - Mission – A People Sent by God The Church and Mission Stevens calls the "Human Vocation" the threefold nature: communion, community-building, and co-creativity. Human rebellion corrupted this vocation, but God promises to restore all three aspects. Our Christian vocation…
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The Other Six Days: C8 – God’s Sending Mission
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 8 - Mission – A People Sent by God God's Sending Mission “Mission is what God is doing in the world through the church, and even without the church, to bring his creation to its consummation: unity and fullness [in]…
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The Other Six Days: C7 – King
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 7 - King The third of the three offices fulfilled by Christ and exercised through his body, the Church, is the office of king. The idea of being a royal priesthood comes from the Old Testament: Ex 19:5-6 5 Now if…
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The Other Six Days: C7 – Priest
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 7 - Priest There are three senses in which we carry out priestly acts as the priesthood of believers. “First there is the priestly ministry of access to God through worship and intercession.” Because we all have direct access to the…