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Sharing Life and Christ: Doing Justice
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. One of the most exciting (and terrifying) things that I am wrestling with right now has to do with doing justice. With gratitude to Christopher Wright’s understanding of Church Mission, I have realized that I need to become more aware of how I “fit” in God’s story of redemption. In other words, how is my personal salvation linked to the big picture of redemption history? I’m now convinced that such an opinion doesn’t fly with our dust-breathi...If we are...
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Sharing Life and Christ: Thoughts on the South Carolina church shooting and worldview
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Thoughts on the South Carolina church shooting and worldview. These comments speak to the world view of our society and will probably go unquestioned by many. With racial prejudice, terrorist bombings, unethical interrogation tactics, ISIS, lying news anchors, cheating secretaries of state, etc. how exactly can we continue to be of the opinion that violence, hatred, greed, and other morally reprehensible actions are “unfathomable? How is it civilized to ...
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Sharing Life and Christ: Doing Justice
http://trumpetmc.blogspot.com/2014/06/doing-justice_7966.html
Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. One of the most exciting (and terrifying) things that I am wrestling with right now has to do with doing justice. With gratitude to Christopher Wright’s understanding of Church Mission, I have realized that I need to become more aware of how I “fit” in God’s story of redemption. In other words, how is my personal salvation linked to the big picture of redemption history? I’m now convinced that such an opinion doesn’t fly with our dust-breathi...If we are...
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Sharing Life and Christ: June 2015
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Thoughts on the South Carolina church shooting and worldview. These comments speak to the world view of our society and will probably go unquestioned by many. With racial prejudice, terrorist bombings, unethical interrogation tactics, ISIS, lying news anchors, cheating secretaries of state, etc. how exactly can we continue to be of the opinion that violence, hatred, greed, and other morally reprehensible actions are “unfathomable? How is it civilized to ...
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Sharing Life and Christ: Poor and Needy: Meditation on Psalm 40:17
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Poor and Needy: Meditation on Psalm 40:17. As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer, do not delay, O my God! But what happens when that desire consumes a person’s thoughts? Well, I may have an expert perspective on that question! I feel a lot of tension with this, because I’m wired to want success! So I think it’s far better to rewire my understanding of self. Psalm 40 has been helping ...If I ca...
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Sharing Life and Christ: August 2013
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. It has been awhile since I've written anything, but that certainly doesn't mean that nothing has been happening or that I haven't been learning and growing in my faith. My only purpose in writing today is to share an update and hopefully encourage anyone who reads that God is good and faithful and unchanging. I still often feel like a spiritual infant when it comes to these truths, but by God's grace, I am learning to trust Him more and more. So there is...
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Sharing Life and Christ: March 2013
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 5-7 is widely known as “The Sermon On The Mount.”. Chapter 5 begins with Jesus going up on a mountain to get a little breathing room from the crowds.
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Sharing Life and Christ: April 2013
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. The Horror Of Omitting A Phrase. As Jesus and His disciples near Jerusalem where He will be crucified, Jesus makes some very bold statements. As his disciples argue about who is going to be the greatest, Jesus tells them that the one who exercises the greatest humble dependence upon God will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. They are going about it the wrong way, and the way that they are pursuing greatness leads only to death. Jesus tells His di...
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Sharing Life and Christ: March 2015
http://trumpetmc.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html
Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Poor and Needy: Meditation on Psalm 40:17. As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer, do not delay, O my God! But what happens when that desire consumes a person’s thoughts? Well, I may have an expert perspective on that question! I feel a lot of tension with this, because I’m wired to want success! So I think it’s far better to rewire my understanding of self. Psalm 40 has been helping ...If I ca...
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Sharing Life and Christ: January 2014
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Sharing Life and Christ. Christ died for our sins. Trembling At The Mission God Entrusts To Us. Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. Before I get into the responsibility, let’s remember that from which it springs forth....GodR...
