tod bolsinger has an absolutely amazing series of posts on his it takes a church blog. the theme is astonishing generosity. he gathered that phrase from an n.t wright book that he was reading two words that were used to describe a key characteristic that jesus expected of his followers. astonishing generosity. ive seen the power of astonishing generosity first hand from both ends.a friend showi...
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i owe a debt of gratitude to the blog middlebrow and paul spears for the idea behind this post. yes like most bloggers i tend to feed off the ideas of my fellow bloggers. the blogging community passes thought and ideas back and forth with gusto. that can be both a strength and a weakness. dont try and fight it though thats the nature of the twin beasts we call the net and blogging. im a news ju...
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21st century reformation linked me to an interesting post by it takes a church regarding the abcs of a true church. it the post he asks what exactly constitutes a church is it just where two or more are gathered in jesus name or does it need to be affiliated structured and institutionalized in some way could a family be rightly called a church or is there something beyond the family that is ne...
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tod bolsinger is keeping up his series on the church and the church as he critiques barnas revelution.i think this critique and this dialogue is extremely important. wesley and knox and others held the institutional church in very high regard and had weighty definitions as to what it means to be and do church. many today are making critiques willynilly without a deap respect for the past. is a chu...
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if you know where the title came from you are probably a baby boomer and a beatles fan for sure. revolution was on their white album and i loved both versions of it. revolution by lennonmccartney you say you want a revolution well you know we all want to change the world the generation i grew up in has been characterized as being all about revolution. we revolted against the war in vietnam ...
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for easter sunday i decided to post a story i wrote a few years ago. i also thought it would be cool to see what else other bloggers posted for the most important celebration in christianity. what i found ranges from light reading through heavy articles on the historical evidence of jesus resurrection. i hope you enjoy them as much as i did. what the resurrection means for believers from rebe...
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