Tag: rebellion
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Prosperity: The Mission of God
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…
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Prosperity: Shalom Lost
Clearly, shalom does not prevail in the world today. That brings us to the portion of the biblical narrative that follows Genesis 2. Genesis 3 tells us how shalom was lost. A serpent engaged Eve in conversation, asking her if God really said she may not eat from any tree in the garden (knowing full…
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Prosperity: Shalom
What do we mean by the word shalom? We typically equate shalom with the English word "peace." Unfortunately, we often insufficiently equate peace to the absence of war or anxiety. Shalom means so much more. Here are just a few ways shalom is used in the Old Testament. The words representing shalom are in bold.…
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Theology and Economics: Fall Implications
Background Genesis 3 records Adam and Eve’s rebellion against God. They succumbed to the temptation to place themselves at the center of their world and make themselves the moral authority. The irony was that they became much less in seeking to become more than they were. Adam and Eve’s actions destroyed shalom (i.e., Absence of…
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Leaving Babel to Fill the Earth
Many people have described the Christian walk as a journey. One of the more widely read magazines in Evangelical circles is Sojourners. I can't count the number of times I have heard or seen "sojourn" or "journey" in the title of songs and poems written by Christians, in church and organizational names, and a host…