Tag: The Other Six Days
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The Other Six Days: C7 – Prophet
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 7 - Prophet The Church is prophet, priest, and king to the world. Today we look at being prophetic. Prophet I wrote in the last post that: Prophets told forth the future and told forth God’s purposes in specific contexts so…
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The Other Six Days: C7 – Three Roles, One Body
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 7 - Prophets, Priests, and Kings Today we begin the third and final part of the book. Part I dwelt on “A People Without ‘Laity and Clergy.’ Part II reflected on being “Summoned and Equipped by God.” In the last three…
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The Other Six Days: C6 – Leadership in the Bible
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 6 – Ministry – Transcending Clericalism Leadership in the Bible "While the New Testament has no place for clergy as a separate category of believer, the Scripture has many references to leaders within God's laos." (145) Stevens notes that "leadership" is described…
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The Other Six Days: C6 – Trinitarian Ministry
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 6 – Ministry – Transcending Clericalism Trinitarian Ministry Ministry is Trinitarian in nature. In the third section of Chapter 6, Stevens reflects on the Trinitarian nature of ministry. There is ministry in God; God is ministry. Ministry is not a mere human…
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The Other Six Days: C6 – Ministry in the Bible
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 6 – Ministry – Transcending Clericalism Ministry in the Bible What is ministry? As we look around the Church today, Stevens suggests that five criteria usually come into play. Place – Work in the Church rather than the marketplace and home. Function…
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The Other Six Days: C5 – The Good of Work
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 5 – Doing the Lord's Work The Good of Work Stevens closes chapter five by pointing to the intrinsic value of work. Most of us are aware of work's extrinsic value; it creates wealth for us and allows us to sustain our…
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The Other Six Days: C5 – Trinitarian View of Work
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 5 – Doing the Lord's Work Trinitarian View of Work So what is God's work? Stevens lists more than thirty adjectives from the Bible that describe God at work. He identifies four themes: Creator – forms, fabricates, maintains and finishes.Lover – does…
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The Other Six Days: C5 – Work in the Bible
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 5 – Doing the Lord's Work Work in the Bible Stevens gives a cursory overview of the idea of "work" from Scripture. He catalogs several metaphors that describe God as a worker, including builder/architect, teacher, composer and performer, metalworker, garment maker and…
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The Other Six Days: C5 – Work in Historical Perspective
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 5 – Doing the Lord's Work Work in Historical Perspective For the purposes of this book, Stevens defines work as "…purposeful activity involving mental, emotional or physical energy, or all three, whether remunerated or not." Stevens reminds us that the nature of…
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The Other Six Days: C4 – Human Vocation
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 4 – Calling in a Post-vocational Age Human Vocation I have written in the past two posts about personal vocation and Christian vocation. Now we have come to what I consider to be the missing ingredient in most discussions about vocation: human…