Tag: Making the Best of It
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Best of It: Final Thoughts
[Series Index] We have concluded our discussion of John Stackhouse’s Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World. I’ve read this book three times now. Here are some reasons why this book has been so important to me. Shalom – Almost 25 years ago, while in grad school, I took a Kyregma…
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Best of It: Conclusion (Part 4)
[Series Index] We come to the end of the last chapter in John Stackhouse's Making the Best of It. We left off in the middle of the section dealing with "Behaving in Public," having dealt with the subsections of "Show" and "Tell." Today we skim over "Campaign" and "The Fundamental Move." Then we will wrap…
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Best of It: Conclusion (Part 3)
[Series Index] The second section in the Conclusion of Making the Best of It is called "Behaving in Public." Grounds for Hope John Stackhouse acknowledges the fears of many that Western Civilization is drifting away from Christianity. In truth, we are moving away from some Christian values and towards others. History doesn't move in a…
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Best of It: Conclusion (Part 2)
[Series Index] The first section in the conclusion to Making the Best of It is called "The Shape of our Lives." John Stackhouse looks at this in terms of three issues. We can look at the question of the shape of our lives in terms of what we do to shape them, which I will…
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Best of It: Conclusion (Part 1)
[Series Index] Today we begin the review of the conclusion to Making the Best of It, in which John Stackhouse pulls all the pieces together. Stackhouse reminds us that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's driving question was, "Who is Jesus Christ, for us, today?" Stackhouse writes: I have then posed the complementary question: Who are we, for Jesus…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 5)
[Series Index] Today we wrap up Chapter 8, "Principles of a New Realism," in John Stackhouse's Making the Best of It. The fourth and final section deals with "Liberty and Cooperation." Liberty and Cooperation Individuals … We are free, first from sin and death. No longer must we obey sin and fear death. We are…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 4)
[Series Index] Today we look at "Faith and Faithfulness," the third of four parts in John Stackhouse's discussion of "Principles of a New Realism." (Chapter 8 in Making the Best of It.) We've looked at "A Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results" and "The Normal and Beyond." "Liberty and Cooperation" will be the topic…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 3)
[Series Index] We continue with the Principles of a New Realism (Chapter 8) in Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse. Monday, we looked at Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results. Wednesday, we began our look at The Normal … and Beyond. Today we finish that discussion. The Normal … and Beyond: Steering…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 2)
[Series Index] In Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse, we continue with the Principles of a New Realism (Chapter 8). Monday, we looked at Mixed Field, Mixed Motives. Today we look at The Normal … and Beyond. The Normal … and Beyond: Steering Societies, Converting Communities, Improving Individuals. The underlying theme here is…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 1)
[Series Index] We now come to Chapter 8, the concluding chapter of Part III in Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse. This chapter is called “"rinciples of a New Realism." Stackhouse begins the chapter: How, then, do we fulfill our calling within the global mission of God and in our particular place in…