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Full and Empty! | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/full-and-empty
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. On our Minister’s Summer School we were invited to reflect on Acts 17 and our society and asked to respond creatively. This poem came from that reflection:. Not so far from Greece:. Athenian life-stylists counselling changes,. Jeremy Kyle policing exchanges,. Somebody Hopkins courting controversies,. Competing claims of identity politics. You ar...
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The Courageous Faithfulness behind the Covenant Prayer | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-courageous-faithfulness-behind-the-covenant-prayer
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. The Courageous Faithfulness behind the Covenant Prayer. From this new access to spiritual truth came a people who desired to pattern their lives after that of Jesus, a people who prized courage, faithfulness, learning and discipline. These were the Puritans. These were the people to speak to if you wanted something done. Still more Puritan leade...
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Philemon 1: the Gospel changing lives and reconciling believers and transforming communities | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/philemon-1-the-gospel-changing-lives-and-reconciling-believers-and-transforming-communities
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. Philemon 1: the Gospel changing lives and reconciling believers and transforming communities. Secondly, it’s a personal letter of appeal, it’s written on behalf of Onesimus, a slave who had wronged his master, by running away with his possessions. And it’s written to effect reconciliation between the two men. Thirdly, it is letter that reveals t...
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Christians and Marriage | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/christians-and-marriage
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. A friend of mine recently published a short parody of the case against gay marriage and I felt that having remained quiet on this subject it was time for me to try and articulate some of my thoughts on the subject. Though this is not a foregone conclusion nor would I oppose one redefinition on the basis of where it might go next. All told the co...
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Straw like thorns! | Intentional Christian Community
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A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. 8211; John Donne taken from his Christmas sermon in 1626. Laquo; On the significance of the resurrection. Date : December 9, 2012. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out.
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Christianity and the Life of the Mind | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/christianity-and-the-life-of-the-mind
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. Christianity and the Life of the Mind. For this reason it is better to offer a positive vision of what we understand of reason, faith and the world in which we live rather than to offer criticisms of a faith half understood. Laquo; Christians and Marriage. The Courageous Faithfulness behind the Covenant Prayer. Date : May 1, 2013.
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On the significance of the resurrection | Intentional Christian Community
https://intentionalchristiancommunity.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/thresurrectionchallenge
A blog for those who are convinced that christians must recover a greater awareness, a clearer identity, and a closer kinship to survive in contemporary society. On the significance of the resurrection. Jesus said, ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him’ (John 14:23). This encounter with the living Jesus making his home with us, by the Spirit, has been the experience of Christian people right through the ages. It can be i...
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