January 7th, 2009
At the center of all pain, unfairness, warmongering factions, and perversions is a lack of obedience to or understanding of the ways of Jesus.
Tags: Child Labor, Christianity, compassion, Injustice, Jesus, Missional Living, missions, Poor, Poverty, Prostitution
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January 6th, 2009
“But Lord! Didn’t we cast out demons? Didn’t we control carbon emissions? Didn’t we speak against injustice?” Green is good, but it cannot save. The Green Gospel must include Jesus as Savior.
Tags: Christianity, green, missional church, missional life, Missional Living, missional movement, Poor, Poverty, works salvation
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January 5th, 2009
Many popular avante guard advocates of missional living are missing it with regard to simple living. It isn’t about the stuff–the standard is other.
Tags: Christianity, compassion, Giving, Missional Living, Poor, Poverty
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January 1st, 2009
In a down economy, how do we bail out everyone? Missional living responds to emergencies with immediate aid. It responds to urgencies with intentional aid.
Tags: Christianity, compassion, economy, Missional Living, Poor, recession
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December 27th, 2008
The economy pipes a droll tune these days. When our neighbors experience financial crisis, we join in their crisis and experience a very tangible entry of God into ours. Missional people are looking up during the economic down turn.
Tags: Barak Obama, Christianity, Down Economy, Giving, missional, Missional Living, Poor, Poverty
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