Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Everything is Biblical
Everything is Biblical, even disagreeing with God.
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Leading the Church on Mission
What exactly does this mean? Where do we start? Well, I think we start my acknowledging two important Bible verses:: 1. John 20:21: As the Father has sent Me, I also send you. This tells us that our mission as the church is to join The Father on His mission. It is not to have our own mission and continue…
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Leading Missional Living
I’m starting to teach the Book of Daniel in September and it strikes me that it is a very missional story. Daniel and his friends are living in a foreign country, learning to live in the tension of being a blessing to God and being a blessing to Babylon. The first few chapters are about this struggle…
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PROPHET, PRIEST, KING
Man kind has a 3-fold problem: Ignorant (Rom 1:21, Gen 6:5, Eph 4:17-18, Rom 1:25, 2 Cor 4:4) Guilt (Rom 5:12, 18-19, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 130:3, Corrupt (Romans 7:14-19, Eph 2:1, Psalms 14:1-3 God gave three major Offices to Israel: Prophet ~Speaking God’s words – “Thus saith”, representing God to the people Priest – Offering sacrifices & praise because on behalf of the people,…
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Bones them Bones them, dry bones
For thousands of years, attention has been focussed on items associated with Jesus or His apostles. Take, for example, fragments of the cross currently housed in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. These items have been worshipped since the earliest centuries of the churches history, reaching their highest status when officially sanctioned at the Second…
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SamE 