Tag: Genesis 9

Prosperity: The Mission of God

Aug 22, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Economic Development, Missio Dei, Series: Cycle of Prosperity, Theology

The mission of God is not to get people saved. Now that I likely have your attention, let me also acknowledge that getting people saved is an essential piece of God's present work in the world. However, we must view God's mission from God's vantage point rather than ours. Failure to do so inevitably results…
Fill the Earth

Aug 10, 2005

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by

mwkruse

in Disillusion, Economics, Globalization, Series: Disillusion – Hebrew Testament (Series), Theology

Gen 1:27-28 NRSV 27 So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and…