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The Future of the Churches of Christ: Direct Hit, Part 4 (Urgency)
We’re studying through Paul D. Borden’s Direct Hit: Aiming Real Leaders at the Mission Field. Urgency The missional vision of the church must be seen as urgent, or else the church will always find a different priority to pursue. And the … Continue reading
The Future of the Churches of Christ: Direct Hit, Part 3 (Wisdom, Exegeting the Community)
We’re studying through Paul D. Borden’s Direct Hit: Aiming Real Leaders at the Mission Field. Wisdom Wise leaders guide but do not overrun sheep. They never ask more of their sheep than they are willing to do as leaders. However, they … Continue reading
The Future of the Churches of Christ: Direct Hit, Part 2 (Communications, Courage)
We’re studying through Paul D. Borden’s Direct Hit: Aiming Real Leaders at the Mission Field. Communications Borden recognizes how very important communications are to church change and growth. He sounds a little extreme, but I think he’s exactly right. Every spoken … Continue reading
Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Robert Gagnon
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The Future of the Churches of Christ: Direct Hit, Part 1 (Leadership, Barriers)
I’ve stumbled across a book by Paul D. Borden, Direct Hit: Aiming Real Leaders at the Mission Field. Paul led the American Baptist Churches in the northwestern US to be revitalized and to grow. Now, the American Baptists are considered mainline churches, … Continue reading
Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: N. T. Wright weighs in
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Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Richard Beck, Part 5 (A Mock Debate)
Richard describes a mock debate put on during chapel at ACU. The idea is that you have two rostrums and two microphones, and the speaker is asked to argue both sides of a controversial issue — one side from one … Continue reading
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Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Richard Beck, Part 4 (Rowan Williams, again)
We’re taking up Richard Beck’s blog post Sexuality and the Christian Body, Part 2: Grace and Election. A second major theme in Eugene Rogers’ book Sexuality and the Christian Body is his interaction with and elaboration upon Rowan Williams’ essay … Continue reading
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The Future of the Churches of Christ: More Stats
According to a recent Christianity Today article, the Southern Baptists report yet another year of numerical decline. And the rate of decline is accelerating.
Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Richard Beck, Part 3 (Rogers on Galatians)
Beck continues to summarize Rogers’ argument — But what Rogers argues is that what we are seeing in Gal. 3.28 is a fusion of natural kinds. More, we are seeing a fusion of the morally inferior with the morally superior. … Continue reading
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