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Category Archives: Vision
God of the vulnerable
“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Adoption, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Call to ministry, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Common Good, Common grace, Ethics, Evangelicals, Evil in the world, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Grace, Holistic ministry, Love, Mercy, Missions, Orphans, Prison Ministry, Radical love, Religion-not the answer, Seeing God, Seeking God, Social work, Theodicy, Vision
Tagged Adoption, God's true character, Mercy ministries, Orphan ministry
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A calling for exiled people
Answer the call to be active parts of ordinary life in your city of exile. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christian worldview, Holistic ministry, Vision, Witness
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Where can I find hope?
Hope is like a necessary fuel for life in a fallen world. Life quickly becomes a miserable business for the person who loses hope. Could we say reaching for hope is both intuitive to humanity and reminds us that we … Continue reading
Posted in Hope?, Meaning of life, Problem of evil, purpose, Vision, Wisdom, Worldview
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Common grace ministries needed
I have a growing concern about a lack of 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 … 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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Seek the welfare of your city
Our presence and involvement in our cities of exile should be characterized by strategic engagement for the good of the city. Continue reading
My current project
Formulating a vision for life and ministry based on the full theological framework for both Christian engagement and cultivation of faithfulness in the totality of life. This project interfaces with my work on Christian counseling in the following two posts: … Continue reading
Posted in Counseling, Manifesto, Mission statement, Philosophy, Prayer, Vision, Worldview
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The best hope for our nation
In a recent piece for Huffpost Religion, Christian Smith (professor of Sociology, Notre Dame University), suggested that the emerging generation (those in what he calls “adultolescence”) has rejected sectarian conflict over religious differences that dominated American life a few generations ago and turned to … Continue reading
Posted in All religions the same?, Apologetics, Assurance, Christianity, Church, Church growth, Culture, Culture of Honor, Cynicism, Democracy, Democrats, Emerging Leaders, Encouragement, Evangelicals, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Holistic ministry, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Law, Manifesto, Parenting teens, Pastors, Political Correctness, Politics, Prison, Republican, Restoration, Social work, Tolerance, Vision, Worldview, Younger Evangelicals
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