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What Do We Mean By ‘Missional Living?’ – Scott Sauls

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What Do We Mean By ‘Missional Living? What Do We Mean By ‘Missional Living? At our church in Nashville. We have ideas ideas which we believe come from God about the purpose and trajectory of spiritual formation. The more invested and comprehensive we are in the various facets of ‘following Jesus,’ the more we will flourish in the world as children of God and kingdom contributors. Scripture excerpts are in italics. Following Jesus Into (And Out From) Worship And Community. Faith without works is dead.

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Scott Home Page – Scott Sauls

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PASTOR. AUTHOR. FATHER. MAN OF GOD. Jesus Outside the Lines: A Way Forward for Those Who Are Tired of Taking Sides. Whether the issue of the day on Twitter, Facebook, or cable news is our sexuality, political divides, or the perceived conflict between faith and science, today’s media pushes each one of us into a frustrating clash between two opposing sides. Polarizing, us-against-them discussions divide us and distract us from thinking clearly and communicating lovingly with others. Formative experiences...

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Lessons From A Drunk Man In A Prayer Meeting – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/05/06/lessons-from-a-drunk-man-in-a-prayer-meeting

Lessons From A Drunk Man In A Prayer Meeting. Lessons From A Drunk Man In A Prayer Meeting. At The Gathering 2014,. Writer David Brooks gave a fascinating talk called. How to Be Religious in the Public Square. In which he said that we live in an achievement culture, where success is our primary pursuit. We live by two sets of virtues, two non-overlapping categories: the resume virtues things we bring to the marketplace and the eulogy virtues things we want said about us at our funerals. This is what happ...

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Open Letter To A Public Critic – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/04/28/open-letter-to-a-public-critic

Open Letter To A Public Critic. Open Letter To A Public Critic. When we decided to do a public forum on same-sex attraction. 8212;—————–. Would you allow me to begin with a question? You say that the mere presence of SSA is itself sinful, and because of this we have no business inviting someone who lives with SSA to speak to our community. Friend, do you believe that there is a difference between temptation and sin? Father, do I have to die for your will to be accomplished? Say there are two alcoholics w...

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Not All Anger Is Toxic, and Jesus Wasn’t Nice – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/07/27/not-all-anger-is-toxic-and-jesus-wasnt-nice

Not All Anger Is Toxic, and Jesus Wasn’t Nice. Not All Anger Is Toxic, and Jesus Wasn’t Nice. A few times in my life, I have been hurt deeply by others. Have you? Like a poisonous berry, resentment goes down tasting sweet. But the sweetness is only momentary. It’s only a matter of time before it starts working against us. To survive, we must find a way to expel the poison, to get the toxic anger out of us. Full of graceall at the same time. This is why the Bible doesn’t merely allow anger; it commands it.

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Now That The Supreme Court Has Spoken… – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/06/29/now-that-the-supreme-court-has-spoken

Now That The Supreme Court Has Spoken…. Now That The Supreme Court Has Spoken…. After last week’s decision by the Supreme Court, I came across this related essay by Wesley Hill. Wesley is founder of Spiritual Friendship. I find Wesley’s to be a refreshing voice amidst all the noise. I hope that you will too. The “Benedict Option” and the Dazzled Pagan Eye. Guest post by Wesley Hill). After yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage (about which more here. In the America of our day, it is about as dif...

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When Intimacy With God Is Absent – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/08/11/when-intimacy-with-god-is-absent

When Intimacy With God Is Absent. When Intimacy With God Is Absent. Once in a sermon, the great Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, spoke strongly against owning slaves. In that sermon, he said about the emancipator William Wilberforce:. Not so very long ago our nation tolerated slavery in our colonies. Philanthropists endeavored to destroy slavery; but when was it utterly abolished? March 4, 1883). Another great British thinker, CS Lewis, said that Christianity, too, is a. The Fault in Ourselves.

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Toward An Esteem Bigger Than Self – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/06/15/toward-an-esteem-bigger-than-self

Toward An Esteem Bigger Than Self. Toward An Esteem Bigger Than Self. This post first appeared at. At the kind invitation of Ann Voskamp). 8212;—————–. The hunt for self-esteem is everywhere. Advice on how to achieve it can be found in parenting articles, business coaching, and the self-help section of every bookstore. Self-esteem isconsidered the bedrock of individual success. You can’t possibly get ahead in life, the logic goes, unless you believe that you are perfectly awesome. So there you have it.

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The Most Honest People In The World, And Why We Need Them – Scott Sauls

http://scottsauls.com/2015/06/03/the-most-honest-people-in-the-world-and-why-we-need-them

The Most Honest People In The World, And Why We Need Them. The Most Honest People In The World, And Why We Need Them. Looking back, part of me thinks that the pastor should have, on the basis of my response, rescind the offer to give me an internship. Instead, he did me a favor. Two days later, the pastor met with me to go over the terms of my internship. The first words out of his mouth were, Scott, we have decided to assign you to the children’s ministry. Trust Expressed Through Bold Honesty. One time ...