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My Year in Books →. August 4, 2010 · 1:43 pm. John Perkins on Loving Our Neighbor. John Perkins is probably one of the most important Christian leaders that most of the white evangelical world has never heard of. He was beaten and nearly killed during the Civil Rights movement, he is a champion for the cause of the poor (and more specifically, living among the poor) and he’s created space for interracial healing and dialogue through ministries like CCDA. And Voice of Calvary. And came across these words:.
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I’m an associate pastor at First Free Church. In Brooklyn, NY and I’m also a student at City Seminary of New York. Before I graduate in May with an MA in Urban Mission, my class is taking a pilgrimage to East Africa to build friendships and learn about how God is working there. I’ll post here from time to time about what I’m learning as the trip approaches and after we’ve returned. If you have any thoughts as you’re reading, I’d love to interact. God’s Peace,. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. My Year in Books.
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John Perkins on Loving Our Neighbor. Bonhoeffer on the Church →. January 5, 2011 · 3:14 am. My Year in Books. Apparently I decided to take a little break from blogging in the second half of 2010, so to catch you up on my life by way of my reading list, here are a few of the titles I was carrying around over the last year. Maybe you’ll notice some themes? Let me know if any of them peeks your interest. I’d love to tell you more. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation –. Introduci...
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N.T. Wright on Jesus as a Moral Example | i ben thinking
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A Robust Theology of Creation. A Redeemable World →. July 1, 2010 · 3:11 am. NT Wright on Jesus as a Moral Example. I’m reading N.T. Wright’s. Which is a call for the church to rethink discipleship as putting on the virtues and learning the habits of God’s Kingdom. This discipleship begins not by imagining Jesus as our moral mentor, but by heeding his call to take up our cross and die. Here is an excerpt:. Jesus, a kind of religious mascot. We look at him approvingly and decide we’ll copy him (up t...
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NT Wright on Jesus as a Moral Example. John Perkins on Loving Our Neighbor →. July 13, 2010 · 8:03 pm. Here’s an excerpt from the sermon I mentioned a couple posts back–It was a sermon reflecting on what I learned in seminary:. If you’re interested in the rest of the sermon, you can download the full sermon text. NT Wright on Jesus as a Moral Example. John Perkins on Loving Our Neighbor →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Making ...
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Miroslav Volf on Christian Difference | i ben thinking
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Made to Rule →. May 6, 2011 · 4:55 pm. Miroslav Volf on Christian Difference. 8220;As those who are a part of the environment from which they have diverted by having been born again and whose difference is therefore internal to that environment, Christians ask, Which beliefs and practices of the culture that is ours must we reject now that our self has been reconstituted by new birth? Which can we retain? What must we reshape to reflect better the values of God’s new creation? Made to Rule →. Thanks Ben&...
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Monthly Archives: August 2011. August 9, 2011 · 2:46 pm. I read through N.T. Wright’s. Late last year, but I’m revisiting it this week in preparation for an upcoming sermon on the parable of the talents in Matt 25. I’ve been thinking about the connection between the response of the master to the wise servants (. 8220;You’ve been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge. Of many things.”. And the original human vocation as described in Genesis 1:26-28 (. After You Believe,. After You Believe,.
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Bonhoeffer on the Church. Bonhoeffer on Dualism →. April 29, 2011 · 11:58 pm. In the church each one bears the other’s burden and only by recognizing that intercession is a. God-given means for realizing God’s purpose can we acknowledge and practice it as meaningful. Sanctorum Communio, p. 188-189). Bonhoeffer on the Church. Bonhoeffer on Dualism →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting u...
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Miroslav Volf on Christian Difference. August 9, 2011 · 2:46 pm. I read through N.T. Wright’s. Late last year, but I’m revisiting it this week in preparation for an upcoming sermon on the parable of the talents in Matt 25. I’ve been thinking about the connection between the response of the master to the wise servants (. 8220;You’ve been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge. Of many things.”. And the original human vocation as described in Genesis 1:26-28 (. After You Believe,. Obviously, ...
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Newer posts →. July 13, 2010 · 8:03 pm. Here’s an excerpt from the sermon I mentioned a couple posts back–It was a sermon reflecting on what I learned in seminary:. Its the same thing with music and dance and money and power. These things are not sinful in themselves. It’s when they become distorted, when we horde our money or spend it wastefully, when we abuse our power, or misuse music or dance–when we use them in ways God never meant for them to be used that they become wrong. It removes the far more ...
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