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The Destructive Mentalities of a Disengaged Church
In this series of posts, I’ve been writing about the concept of church mentalities, and particularly the sorts of mentalities that need to be developed if the church is to be meaningfully engaged with the local community. As painful as … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Community Engagement, justice, leadership
Tagged Community Engagement, mentalities, service
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Mentalities for a Church Engaging the Community
In part one of this series, I talked about how complicated it can be to develop a particular set of mentalities within the church. That’s not all that helpful without some concrete examples of what we mean by mentalities. The … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Community Engagement, Ecclesiology, justice, leadership
Tagged Community Engagement, mentalities, outreach
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The Hole in Our Gospel
It took me a while to get completely through The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns, but that was really more about my crazy life transition than the book. The book itself is extremely readable, written in a style … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized, justice
Tagged poverty, Richard Stearns, suffering, wealth
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Cry Out – A Sermon from Exodus 2:23-25
(This is the first in the Exodus Sermon series. The audio for the entire series is here.) Israel was indeed a nation born of promises. It was an entire nation that traced its lineage back to one man, Abraham, a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Exodus, Old Testament, Preaching, justice
Tagged cry out, Egypt, Exodus 2, Israel, justice, oppression, power, redemption, sermon, suffering
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The Least
There are some passages that leave me with a haunting feeling every time I come across them. Today, I read this bit in Matthew 25. I’m going to post it here without much comment, except to say that this is … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Matthew, Ministry, New Testament, justice
Tagged gospels, Jesus, justice, Matthew 25, social justice
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And for the Next Act…
Now that the absolute mess of the health care debate is moving off-stage, to sounds of celebration and mourning from groups of various advocacy, it appears that Immigration policy is at least going to have a chance to be on … Continue reading
Note Regarding Cities of Refuge
My good friend Jeff Spry sent me this in a note following Sunday’s sermon regarding the cities of refuge (See Joshua 20:1-6): It is amazing to think God entrusted the responsibility of oversight of offenders to the spiritual leaders – … Continue reading
