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11 years ago @ http://www.benjermcvei... - Serving Like You\'ve G... · 1 reply · +1 points

My dream is not only that I would cling to the reality that GOD IS ENOUGH but I dream of the day when the church will awaken to this reality. But time and time again, we see the church operating out of a fear of loss. Think of all the slogans that drive our ministries as the church...
We are losing teens.
We are losing families.
We are losing attendees.
We are losing money.
We are losing power to influence our culture.
And the list could go on of how the church makes choices based on an imagination of scarcity. My hope is that the church (that implicates me) will embrace our insufficiency as human beings and begin to operate with the slogan "GOD IS ENOUGH."
God is enough, so let's love teenagers.
God is enough, so let's minister with families.
God is enough, so let's forget about attendees and seek to make disciples.
God is enough, so let's do less capital gain campaigns and invest more in the capital of people.
God is enough, so let's give up our quest for power and serve from a place of weakness in Christ.

12 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - What Does the Next Gen... · 0 replies · +1 points

The question is a variation on one that gets asked to Stanley Hauerwas for his ecclesiology which is what I thought I heard in your first comment. You didn't bite so I guess the fun stopped there:) Looking forward to meeting you at NYC 2011 in a couple of weeks. Peace be with you!

12 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - Review: Consuming Youth · 0 replies · +1 points

-john

I appreciate your kind comments and taking the time to come and read my review. The book was a learning experience for me. Two elements that have continued to challenge me are...

1. Your thick interpretation of consumerism and the effects it has on our formation.
2. Emphasizing James Cote (sorry that I don't know how to put the accents in his name on here:) and Anton Allahar in the book. I've gone on to read a couple of papers by Cote that have challenged my understanding of identity formation. I also hope to read their book later this year.

12 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - Missing the Context · 0 replies · +1 points

These are helpful comments and I think that I'm tracking with you. Worship curation might be helpful in understanding the formation of our story inside God's story and beauty in a faith community. That is a helpful theological guide for digging deeper into my question. Thanks!

12 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - What Does the Next Gen... · 2 replies · +1 points

I'm with you 100% on a kingdom politic in the way of Jesus lived out in the local church or community of Jesus followers. I've said the same in other places but instead of focusing on the KoG I focus on the mission of God (MoG) which is God's work of extending and restoring the KoG (the way of God where all creation thrives by following the will of God). http://bit.ly/iUIUMm

Here is a little push back to your concern for fun:)...If you promote a sectarian ecclesiology (focus on the community of faith's "actions and worship") then how will you ever be able to discern if your politic is Christian or simply some version of a democratic ideology dressed up in Christianesse?

12 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - Arguing Faith with Youth · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks for your reply Tony!

If I'm reading your comment correctly you're promoting the educational goal of apologetics. You use words like "show" and "realizing" which I'm correlating with "teach" and "understand." Is that correct?

How are you applying those text (Gen 1-2; Rev 21-22; Romans 1) in this context? Are these guidelines for our understanding of apologetics or are you wanting to say that they provide the telos of apologetics?

13 years ago @ discipleshipremix.com - Youth Workers' Dirty L... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're not alone man.
Let's step out in repentance and lead a generation of students whose imaginations are immersed in God and God's story!

13 years ago @ The House Studio - The things I'll never be · 0 replies · +1 points

I'll never be Karl Barth.

13 years ago @ The House Studio - Monday morning is for ... · 1 reply · +1 points

This round of randomness has geek written all over it.

13 years ago @ The House Studio - Monday morning is for ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The Christians protecting praying Muslims in Egypt is inspiring.

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