Jesus and the Collaborative Rule of God
Chris Marshall Jesus promised the kingdom of God, French biblical scholar Alfred Loisy famously quipped at the turn of last century, and what we got was the church! In saying this Loisy was actually making a comment on Jesus’ eschatological outlook. He was suggesting that the historical Jesus never expected the church or the church [...]
Work, Worship and Warped perspectives
Most of us are dualists. If we lived in the early centuries of the Christian Church, we’d be condemned as heretics. Whoa! That’s a bright and breezy way to introduce an article. After that encouraging and affirming first statement you may decide not to bother reading on! Dualists? Heretics? What do you mean? Dualism is [...]
Four Week Study Series on Mission
SESSION 1 – RELATIONSHIPS 2 Corinthians 5: 14-20 “Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people [...]
The ad and the ego
This is a transcript from a video production by Parallax Pictures. Dave Tims sourced the video a few years ago. It is very insightful and thoughtful analysis by a number of experts. Last year I transcribed the text – painstaking, but worth it! “A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language [...]
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