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Category Archives: Manifesto
Boasting in the Cross?
A first century person would have been incredulous about placing a picture of a cross on anything. There was no greater symbol of death and utter humiliation than to hang helplessly on a cross! Being hung on a cross would have been considered a waste of life. Continue reading
Posted in Cross of Christ, Life, Manifesto, Meaning of life, purpose
Tagged Cross of Christ, Don't waste your life, Meaning of life, Purpose of life, Salvation
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6 Affirmations for the Church
The six affirmations RC wrote in response to these trends are even more relevant today. Continue reading
Two versions of reality
Why do humans everywhere throughout all of history intuitively feel a pervasive longing for meaning, morality and destiny? Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Afraid to die, Afterlife, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Christian worldview, Christianity, Eternal life, Evil in the world, Faith, Fear of death, God, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Imago Dei, Main problem, Manifesto, Meaning of life, Morality, Nihilism, Philosophy, purpose, Relativism, Religion-not the answer, Seeking God, THeo-phobia, Theodicy, True Christianity?, Truth, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Atheism, God, Meaning of life, Naturalism, Philosophy, Worldview
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The glory of ordinary lives
What would life look like if we had renewed zeal to “… be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). Continue reading
Posted in Call to ministry, Calling, Christian worldview, Christianity, Dads, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Following Christ, Glorify God, Greatness, Humility, Jesus Christ, Joy, Kingdom, Leadership, Local Church, Love, Manifesto, Marriage, Mother's Day, Mothers, New Year, New years goals, Parenting, Parenting Groups, Parenting teens, purpose, Repentance, Restoration, Selfishness, Spirit filled, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Wisdom, Wives, Women
Tagged Contentment, Discontentment, frustrated with stage of life, New radical, Parenting, Purpose of life, Young moms
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Living on Mission
Eight Identity Markers and Callings of Christ Followers “Missions is an authorized activity carried out by the tenants on the instructions of the owner of the property” (by Christopher Wright,). Salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13) Light of the world (Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Call to ministry, Calling, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Citizenship, Common grace, Community, Culture, Emerging Leaders, Encouragement, Evangelism, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Holistic ministry, Imago Dei, Jesus Christ, Joy, Kingdom, Leadership, Local Church, Manifesto, Missions, Passion, purpose, Radical love, Seeking God, Spiritual transformation, Student Ministry, Walking with God, Witness, Worldview, Younger Evangelicals
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Christians, politics and public policy
Although I don’t agree with all of his conclusions, I appreciate the way Miroslav Volf frames the ultimate concern for Christian discussion of politics and policy. Christ as the Measure of All Values Value: The ultimate allegiance of a Christian is … Continue reading
The Blogosphere – opportunities, challenges and priorities
I am somewhat new to the Blogosphere. We didn’t even get a computer at our office unit 1992! And I started this blog late in 2007 — knowing very little about how things worked. But my ministry philosophy (from the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Bloggers, Internet, Manifesto, Ministry to young singles, Philosophy, Wisdom
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All for the gospel
Manifesto for our mission: “I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings” (I Corinthians 9:23) πάντα δὲ ποιῶ διὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἵνα συγκοινωνὸς αὐτοῦ γένωμαι. We cannot live this way unless we practice the mind of Christ in all our relationships … Continue reading
Renewed focus on common grace
We need to give thoughtful consideration of the activities of God outside of the context of redemption. I don’t mean activities completely disconnected from redemptive work because everything traces a degree of connection back to God’s redemption. We need to … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, Call to ministry, Calling, Church and State, Common grace, Community, Creation, Culture, Emerging Leaders, Environmentalism, Evangelicals, Government, Holistic ministry, Leadership, Local Church, Manifesto, Mars Hill Address, Mercy, Mission statement, Missions, Morality, Philosophy, Politics, Reconciliation, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Social work, Spiritual transformation, Theology, Vision, Walking with God, Wisdom, Witness, Work, Worldview
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Social idealism or a Savior?
After his horrific experience in the Gulag, the Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn acknowledged that, “The victims hated their victimizers with the hatred by which they were victimized. And as hatred beget more hatred, the whole world became a concentration camp imprisoned and … Continue reading
Posted in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Anthropology, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Christian worldview, Christianity, Culture of Honor, Death, Depravity, Discernment, Evil in the world, God's Will, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, History, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Jesus Christ, Main problem, Manifesto, Narrative, Nihilism, Origin of Sin, Pain, Problem of evil, Progressive?, Reconciliation, Religion-not the answer, Restoration, Salvation, Social work, Suffering, Victory, War, Wisdom, Worldview
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