Tag: deeds and words
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“Converted to the Kingdom:” Social Action Among College Students Today
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Libby S. passed on the attached article by the Evan Hunter (Director, Ivy Jungle Network). Evan challenges us…
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Mission–Everything the Church is Sent to Be and Do
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It may be helpful to clarify some terms. “Mission,” simply put, is everything the church is sent to…
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The Role of New Maps
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In several posts at onmovements.com, I discussed Edwin Friedman’s concern about the Failure of Nerve in today’s leaders.…
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A Powerful Moment
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Several of us were at the Catalyst Conference recently. This stood out as the conference’s most powerful moment.…
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To Write Love on Her Arms
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In the car today, I (Eric Heistand) listened to a Catalyst speaker, Jamie Tworkowski. He’s the guy behind…
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Integral Mission
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The folks over at Micah Network came up with a lovely term: Integral Mission. I love the way…
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Guilty of Oversight
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I failed to include in our partnership links Campus Crusade’s own Compassionate Urban Ministry, Here’s Life Inner City.…
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More from Jonathan
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Jonathan Pennington sent me a link to the following mp3, in which he summarizes his understanding of the…
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A Challenging Thought
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“…the Gospel had become too shaped by modernity and packaged to make decisions. There is a serious shift…
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We’re All in This Together
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Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did…
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Steps Toward Understanding the Poor
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I ran across the following post, written by Tom Smith and related to his South African context: Thot…
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The Monkey and The Fish
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This is a re-post from Andy McCullough’s blog: Dave Gibbons begins the Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership…
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An Unlikely Gay-Straight Alliance
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(A relatively good article on the good news good deeds initiative: take some time to read thru the…
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Tim Keller: Proclamation and The Poor
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Take some time to read and reflect on Tim Keller’s article on the relationship between “The Proclamation of…
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Advent Activism
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You might want to check out Scot McKnight’s series on Advent Activism. Here’s an example below: We now…
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Just Courage
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“Here is one choice that our Father wants us to understand as Christians – and I believe it…
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Scott Harrison and the Power of Vision
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I love this story–heard it first at the Fermi Project. Scott Harrison is a Christ-follower who lost his…
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Sacrificial Revolutionary Christianity
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It’s not just social justice but sacrificial revolutionary Christianity. This is what our culture is looking for –…
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The Balance is not Easy
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Redemption terminology in the NT is so bound up with Christ’s work for and in the church that…
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No Divorce betw Love and Justice
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We are challenged to let Jesus inspire us to prolong the logic of his own ministry in an…
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Begin with Compassionate Service
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New Generations International, a church planting organization, suggests the following 5 steps in their church planting process–a process…
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Micah Declaration on Integral Mission
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The following Micah Declaration captures a sense of the “integral mission” at the heart of the gospel. It’s…
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