Entries Tagged as 'Emerging Church'

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The Unoffensive Gospel of Jesus: Understanding Humans Properly Through Rebellion

Original Post
The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are
Series
1. Introduction
2. Creation
3. Rebellion
4. Rescue
5. Re-Creation

I started this little series in response to a post I wrote on my belief that the Gospel is not offensive, we are. So often I hear Christians claiming the gospel is [...]

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Friday, November 30th, 2007

The Unoffensive Gospel of Jesus: Beginning Properly With Creation

Original Post
The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are
Series
1. Introduction
2. Creation
3. Rebellion
4. Rescue
5. Re-Creation

This little series is about wondering about the Jesus we are showing to and the message we are telling the world. I guess in large ways, I feel the 21st [...]

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

The Unoffensive Gospel of Jesus: Intro

Original Post
The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are
Series
1. Introduction
2. Creation
3. Rebellion
4. Rescue
5. Re-Creation

I think I overplayed my hand a bit in my last post on the idea that Jesus’ good news is not offensive. In re-reading my post and some comments it seems like [...]

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Sunday, November 25th, 2007

The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are

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Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Open Theism and “Most Moved Mover”: Conclusion

Interacting with “Most Moved Mover”
1: Introduction
2: Hyper-Relationality
3: Sovereignty
4: Changeability
5: Temporality
6: Conclusion
I’ll actually conclude this series with another conclusion on some more thoughts in the next few days. This is just the conclusion to my paper, which you can download in full, here.
CONCLUSION
As A.W. Tozer once said, “A right conception of God is basic, not only [...]

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Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Open Theism and “Most Moves Mover”: Temporality

Interacting with “Most Moved Mover”
1: Introduction
2: Hyper-Relationality
3: Sovereignty
4: Changeability
5: Temporality
6: Conclusion
TEMPORALITY
A final component to the open view of God is the concept of His temporality. While God is above Time, in the sense that He is above finite experience and measurement of it, He is not beyond Time’s sequence of events, thus God is a [...]

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Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Open Theism and “Most Moved Mover”: Changeability

Interacting with “Most Moved Mover”
1: Introduction
2: Hyper-Relationality
3: Sovereignty
4: Changeability
5: Temporality
6: Conclusion
CHANGEABILITY
If God “hyper-relationally” operates within our time and space, partners with us, engages us in conflict, binds Himself to us in covenanted relationship, and shifts in His actions and views because of this relationship, then He must also be characterized by what Pinnock terms “changeable [...]

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