In this time don’t mistake Christian Nationalism with the Way of Jesus. One proliferates hierarchy and power while the other embodies humility and self-sacrifice.
New life is not an arrangement of what was. A total upheaval is not the punishment of God but rather the grace of God for with death comes life. #deconstruction
@Tim_Suttle How much of this is what Lacan argues as The Thing? Signifier after signifier deludes us into thinking we have filled the emptiness of The Thing.
Autocracy becomes possible when people feel anxious and insecure in there future and are therefore waiting for someone that will speak against the evils placed upon them and promise civility for their way of life. Just a thought…
@peteenns How much is the struggle rooted in a church that desired to be relevant (rational apologetics) that became syncretic (Bible as science book) to finally an irrelevancy (society with purely humanist views)? Just a thought.
This is a great summary of what so many I know from the Church are struggling through in light of the pandemic. Must read!! Thanks Mike Moore https://t.co/umoJ2WRwju
Shakespeare said, “the earth has music for those who listen”. I am learning how to listen; something I might say my theological constructs and my psychological deficits didn’t always afford.
So many Church Planters are gifted communicators, visionaries, and gatherers. But something is gravely missing!
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How To Plant A Church Without Losing Your Soul
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There is both an experience of trauma and therapy that many good researchers endure as they pursue their subject and discipline. It’s what impassions them for their project.
Really excited about this new e-book "The Great Pruning" connected to the remissioning work with some friends and amazing leaders: @kyuboem@CFoldenauer@MikePumphrey1. If you are looking for a network of leaders to learn and grow with check this out:
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One clear invitation from God to us in these days is a movement away from a focus on large, carefully curated worship services to a return to flexible, more New Testament, decentralized model of church focused on the messy work of disciple-making.
"If we are not careful, anger that starts out as righteous can become unrighteous, injurious, and counter-productive to the name and cause of Jesus Christ." #AGentleAnswerBook