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Thanks to Chad Estes for sharing this video.
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Below is a summary of the nine suggestions – you will need to go to David’s website to get the full version. The Important Task of Cultivating Missional Rhythms in a Community1.) Kindly Reject doing Outreach Events. Instead direct imagination towards ways of connecting with people where they are. 2.) Kindly Reject evangelism as a one time hit on a target with a preconceived outcome. Kindle imagination toward seeing mission as part of regular daily, weekly and monthly life rhythms where out or regular life God works to use your life to impact people for the gospel in unforeseen ways. 3.) Kindly reject building multiple use buildings as if by building a gymnasium on the church campus we can bring people into the orbit of the church. Instead stoke imagination for what can happen when we go inhabit the gyms already in the neighborhoods. We should build less third spaces, and inhabit more the ones already there. Continue reading Cultivating Missional Rhythms in a Community Brother Claude Ely, pictured in 1953 in front of the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Ky. (Courtesy of Macel Ely and NPR) You all HAVE to listen to this! NPR’s All Things Considered recently did a 12-minture segment on Brother Claude Ely, the Pentecostal preacher who wrote the song “There Ain’t No Grave [...]
On one hand, it is good to know that the man who masterminded the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York City is dead. On the other hand, my heart is pained to hear that another human has died – no, worse then that, they were killed. I know that folks can point to various biblical passages to ‘justify‘ killing in war…That may be, I don’t know anymore…I just know that the longer I follow Jesus, the more I becoming a pacifist…The more I feel the pain in seeing a fellow human made in the image of God dying as a result of evil… Add to this pain the sight of fellow Christians celebrating Bin Laden’s death…a sight that reminded me of the demonstrations among radical Muslims after the Sept 11th terrorist attack…. Then today, I read a letter by N.T. Wright posted on Carl Medearis’ website about the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden. For those who don’t know N.T. Wright, he is one of the primary theologians of our times. He is also a British citizen who sees things through slight different lens. In this case, he compares the USA raid on Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan to a theoretical attack by Britain on IRA terrorists in Boston. Yeah…think about for a bit…don’t dismiss it outright because it is a situations that could legally happen as the USA Government has welcomed IRA leaders at the White House. What does all this mean? Continue reading Thoughts on N.T. Wright’s Thoughts on the Killing of Bin Laden
Being a person that is always up to seeing what God is doing, I wondered up there (Ola is 12 miles deeper into the Idaho mountains than Sweet) Saturday evening. Arriving a few minutes late, I entered the 107-yr old one-room church building – slipping into the back pew as the echoes of the hymns drifted through the open door. Alas, it was not to be as some friends motioned me forward a few rows further in… yet thankfully no one commented on my late arrival – instead, they broke out into another hymn, signing with their whole being as an acoustic guitar kept pace with an upright piano.
O’ the memories that came pouring in!!  Tri and Nancy Robinson (picture courtesy of trirobinson.org) There is a lot of fear in the world today about the future. People are scared of earthquakes, super volcanoes, political shutdowns, and the apocalyptic Second Coming of Jesus. Some of this fear is good as it prompts us to prepare both our hearts and our lives. Yet, unchecked fear is a bad thing. It is to this unchecked fear that I would like to highlight Tri Robinson’s recent article entitled, “Maintaining Hearts of Tranquility in Times of Global Turmoil.” This article captured my heart on the subject of global turmoil so beautifully I had to share it with you all. Here are the five points Tri makes: 1. Simplify your life – “Physically, emotionally and spiritually. Most of our lives have become cluttered with material things, out of control emotions and wrong choices which have not only complicated our lives but caused a form of paralyzing dysfunction.” 2. Be prepared for short term crises– “Having the experience of working in disasters such as Hurricane Katrina it became evident to me that people who took basic steps of preparedness recovered much quicker than those who became dependent on government help. Not only that, but many of those with the mindset to be prepared also became the workforce that served others in the aftermath of the crisis.” Continue reading Maintaining Hearts of Tranquility in Times of Global Turmoil
Unfortunately, Jimmy’s original comments were a tad vague as they were simply a Facebook note that went viral. Thankfully Jimmy, who is the founder and CEO of Love Without Agenda, decided to expand his observation into a full article. It is to this article that I now wish to comment. Traditional Evangelicals and Progressive Evangelicals.Jimmy sees evangelicalism splitting into two basic groups that have yet to be clearly defined. The main differences, or fracture points, between these two groups can be seen in their methodology and theology. A quick summary of these differences is as follows: Methodology (Practice vs Scripture)
Continue reading Digging Deeper: The Coming Evangelical Split – A ResponseImage via Wikipedia Forbes recently released their 2011 “Fictional 15” list detailing the fortunes of 15 fictional characters. While this list is most consistent with their 2010 list, there was one new billionaire worth mentioning: Smaug the Tremendous With a treasure worth $8.6 billion US dollars, Smaug broke into the Forbes list [...] Apologies to anyone who may of tried visiting “Requisite Danger” yesterday. Traffic as increased to the point that we maxed out our bandwidth. This is GOOD thing as it means that folks are reading this mess. Yet, it also means that we need to find a way to increase the bandwidth without increase [...] As I mentioned before, there is currently a theological war going on within evangelicalism on the same scale of the Protestant Reformation and the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy of the early 1900’s. The crazy thing about this ‘war’ is that it is really NOT about theological matters or even doctrine (unlike some of the other theological splits and wars). This battle is more about control and the worldview through which one reads the Bible. Jimmy Spencer put it this way last week on Tony Campolo’s “Red Letter Christans” blog:
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