Tag: mission dei
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ReFrame: Following Christ in the Modern Era
What does it mean to follow Christ in our era? That is the central question for Christians in any era, but it is particularly challenging today. Some suggest that our postmodern and post-Christendom context is creating a level of disruption in the Church not seen since the Reformation. I think that is likely true. So…
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Flying into our Future with the Wright Brothers
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight): Flying into our Future with the Wright Brothers …Question: If you had to name one or two authors or themes that will be at the forefront of the future of theology, what would you choose? No, not those Wright Brothers, but another set of Wrights (who aren’t even brothers, except in…
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Household: Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 1)
We have now taken a whirlwind tour of fictive family and fictive household metaphors found in the Bible. This wide-ranging discussion can get us lost in the proverbial trees to the point we lose sight of the forest. So before we go any further, let us step back with a wide-angle lens and recapture the…
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What is the Difference?
Author Dick Keyes once wrote, "In seeking to become like God, we have become less than human." The biblical story says we were created to be in a relationship with God. When humankind rebelled, we lost our orientation, and we lost our immortality. There was nothing left to give order and meaning to our existence.…
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Stairway to Earth
Gen 28:10-22 NRSV 10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed that there…
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God Gets the Last Laugh
I have friends who live on the Arabian Peninsula. I got to spend some time with them a while back. They told me of a somewhat ironic thing happening in the Mid-East. Last year, Mel Gibson released his movie The Passion of the Christ. As you will recall, much of the press leading up to…
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Going West
Gen 11:31-12:7 NRSV 11:31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah…
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Magical City
I loved magicians when I was a kid. I remember watching Blackstone on television. Later David Copperfield came along. I remember seeing magicians at parties and events. It was always fun to watch. But then, in high school, I met a guy who did magic tricks. He showed me how a few tricks were done.…