If Christianity is to become aware of what it is, we must abandon the pastoral church which takes care of people, which is the usual form of the Western church. Instead, we have to call to life a Christian community church. Either we set about this church reform by ourselves, or it will be forced [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘kindred spirits’
April 2, 2008
Dwelling in the Word: Luke 24
I will be preaching from Luke 24 on Sunday–the Walk to Emmaus. This passage took on new meaning for me about a year and a half ago when I was reading Exiles: Living Missionally in Post-Christian Culture. Michael Frost writes a comparative analysis of the 1601 and the 1606 versions of Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio. [...]
March 26, 2008
Your Kingdom come, your will be done on Earth…
The Other: Postmodern shorthand for anyone differing in any way from “us,” born of the reality that in an era of radical pluralism and globalization, we are constantly confronted with people who are indeed different from us.
Tony Jones, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier
Jesus and the Kingdom, Brian McLaren
Can you imagine a community [...]
March 13, 2008
Private Jesus versus Communal Jesus: Apostolic Ministry
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11
“The Church, the House of the Lord, is built upon the foundations of the faith of the Apostles and prophets.” –St. Basil of Caesarea (379)
“Through the great shepherd of thy flock, Jesus Christ [...]
March 7, 2008
Tony Jones a Smurf!?
Mark Van Steenwyk offers this effective use of satyr. A healthy dose of humor seems like a good elixer for this rainy Friday afternoon.
Along the same vein…did you hear that Hillary Clinton is a Muslim?
March 3, 2008
The illusion of control…
But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people….for he himself knew what was in everyone.
John 2:24-25
Emergents find the biblical call to community more compelling than the democratic call to individual rights. The challenge lies in being faithful to both ideals. -Tony Jones, The New Christians
A first person confessional story [...]
February 29, 2008
Teach us to count our days…
…from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn us back to dust, and say, “Turn back, you mortals.” For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in [...]
February 15, 2008
The Future Lies in the Past…
Here is an excerpt from a story in the most recent issue of Christianity Today. The article is entitled…
The Future Lies in the Past
Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century.
From Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, and living, practicing monks and nuns, they must learn both the strengths and the [...]
February 11, 2008
Orthodox Study Bible…
Thomas Nelson is publishing the first ever Orthodox Study Bible. Here is the way Amazon presents this Bible:
The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible.
Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of [...]
February 7, 2008
Exclusion and embrace…
Someone shared a story with me this week about some young men who had been shunned by their Beachy Amish church. They were shunned not for some sexual sin or for any other hedonistic indulgence. It actually is quite different than that. I heard the story second hand, so I can only relate the gist [...]
