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What is Church?: September 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Monday, September 29, 2014. Live Now Because of Kingdom Come. In my last post. I ended with this thought: "This final image in Revelation is not of God’s people escaping the world floating on clouds. It is of a City with God himself at the center, we as his worshipping, resurrected family, and a glorious renewed earth. If this is our future, what does that mean for the present? How should we respond to evil in the world? Dallas Willard descr...
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What is Church?: March 2015
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Sunday, March 15, 2015. A Liturgy of Resistance. Below is an introduction to something our community - Resurrection Church - did tonight as a part of our weekly worship gathering. We met at a local park - this one. Please feel free to use / modify / or otherwise rip off this for your own community of faith. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. A blogger since 2002, M...
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What is Church?: January 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Friday, January 24, 2014. So instead of searching for safety and comfort among friends, we must face some daunting questions. How do we love like God loves? How do we respond to brokenness; visible and invisible? How do we become a community of healing, reconciliation, and forgiveness? A lot of Christians never think about these questions on a corporate level. This is the unfortunate consequence of normal church culture. In future posts I wi...
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What is Church?: The Good Life
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. From Adam and Eve forward, humanity has been trying to answer the question, “How do we thrive? 8221; Another way to pose that question would be to ask, “What is the good life? So in one generation - one single generation - the Israelites went from the spoils of victory and the blessing of God to abandonment of God and utter failure. Stunning. What is the Good Life? How do settlers - those of us tasked with living in ...
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What is Church?: Finding the Real Thing
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Sunday, November 2, 2014. Finding the Real Thing. Every few days (it seems like at least) there is a report / study / survey / commentary / sermon / rant / prophetic word / gut feeling that people are giving up on church in large numbers. Here is the latest one. In my last post I talked about how easy it is to base a church's life and ministry on " taking a stand. Well, here is a list we come back to again and again:. Throw off your comforta...
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What is Church?: December 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Saturday, December 20, 2014. Beyond the Status Quo. As 2015 approaches, I have been reflecting the past several weeks on what God is saying to me personally, to our community, and to the wider church. The question I have been wrestling with is this: “Is 2015 going to be another year of the status quo? They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions! Judah cannot hear what God has to say because they have stopped up their ears and are looking for h...
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What is Church?: March 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Resurrection Church - Who We Are. There are four New Testament words that are important for us to understand and live out:. Love, Grace, Spirit, and Kingdom. When we come to the place of receiving God’s love, we then understand how everything is a gift - it’s all grace. Not just our salvation, but every breath. Growing as a disciple of Jesus is growing in receiving grace and living grace. In fact, our mission toget...
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What is Church?: A Liturgy of Resistance
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Sunday, March 15, 2015. A Liturgy of Resistance. Below is an introduction to something our community - Resurrection Church - did tonight as a part of our weekly worship gathering. We met at a local park - this one. Please feel free to use / modify / or otherwise rip off this for your own community of faith. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Feel free to add commen...
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What is Church?: April 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Sunday, April 20, 2014. In the world of Christian religion, that must seem very strange. After all, this is the day. Resurrection Sunday is an invitation to be with the real Jesus. Not the superhero that no one can relate to or see. But as a friend that comes to us right in the middle of our mess and calls us into a life where we belong and are loved. The scandal of the resurrection is that it is shockingly real. Labels: kingdom of God.
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What is Church?: November 2014
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It's about the Kingdom of God, spiritual family, and real life. Sunday, November 2, 2014. Finding the Real Thing. Every few days (it seems like at least) there is a report / study / survey / commentary / sermon / rant / prophetic word / gut feeling that people are giving up on church in large numbers. Here is the latest one. In my last post I talked about how easy it is to base a church's life and ministry on " taking a stand. Well, here is a list we come back to again and again:. Throw off your comforta...
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