Comments on: A call to holistic mission – Wayne Kirkland http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=14 about life, faith and mission Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: adenocarcinoma of the lung http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-94 adenocarcinoma of the lung Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:18:18 +0000 http://wordpress.ruminations.co.nz/?p=66#comment-94 I like reading through an article that will make people think. Also, many thanks for permitting me to comment! I like reading through an article that will make people think.

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]]> By: Timothy http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-51 Timothy Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.ruminations.co.nz/?p=66#comment-51 Enjoyed the article. Agree with most if not all of it. Not long back, I went through a 12-lesson course on missions (Perspectives Study Program). Found it informative. Some of the comments below come from things learnt from that course. · The kingdom of God has always been. It was first challenged when one of its heavenly citizens decided to rebel and establish a rival kingdom. This rebellion and rival kingdom spilled onto earth when the Rebel approached the woman in the garden and Adam fell. God’s mission is therefore about re-establishing his kingdom or rule over creation (view 4) · There is mission and missions. The former is God’s and the latter is man’s part within God’s mission (views 1-3). When the latter begins to dominate, definitions of mission become restrictive. Views 1-3 need to be mindful of their place within view 4. · The nature of doing missions is to serve itself or become an end in itself resulting in varying views of mission and each pushing for top spot. So there is a need to connect these with kingdom objectives (God’s mission). Enter strategy. Timothy Enjoyed the article. Agree with most if not all of it. Not long back, I went through a 12-lesson course on missions (Perspectives Study Program). Found it informative. Some of the comments below come from things learnt from that course.
· The kingdom of God has always been. It was first challenged when one of its heavenly citizens decided to rebel and establish a rival kingdom. This rebellion and rival kingdom spilled onto earth when the Rebel approached the woman in the garden and Adam fell. God’s mission is therefore about re-establishing his kingdom or rule over creation (view 4)
· There is mission and missions. The former is God’s and the latter is man’s part within God’s mission (views 1-3). When the latter begins to dominate, definitions of mission become restrictive. Views 1-3 need to be mindful of their place within view 4.
· The nature of doing missions is to serve itself or become an end in itself resulting in varying views of mission and each pushing for top spot. So there is a need to connect these with kingdom objectives (God’s mission). Enter strategy.

Timothy

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