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Sunday, October 23, 2005Blog posts you must readScot McKnight at 'Jesus Creed' has done a series of posts on the what is the gospel. clicking on that link will give all the posts under that category. Scroll a little way down to "What is the Gospel? 1" and read up!! [I confess to not really liking his use of "Eikon" - it just doesn't read well - but then he has written a book on it...]. A fav quote to give a taster: Hyper-individualism is the most selfish thing we can do with the gospel. To turn what God is doing in this world exclusively into what he is doing for me is to turn God upside down and stand ourselves up in God's place. The gospel is not about me, but about what God is doing - and the "me" comes in as part of what God is doing. This difference is not a little matter. Maggie Dawn has posted a couple of interesting posts on conversation and learning - really interesting for a home church environment: 1. theology for seven year olds. A Quote: Sometimes I have to struggle to communicate something to someone who keeps missing the point, and in the process I feel I have engaged more deeply with the subject matter myself. But in these conversations I also hear theology spoken back to me in ways that throw light on to it for me too; I hear questions raised that I don't always know how to answer. The purpose of teaching is only in part to communicate what you know to someone else. Much more important than teaching them WHAT you think and know, is teaching them HOW to think and read and learn. conversation and emerging church. Another quote: Conversation, to me, is essential to teaching; it's the lifeblood of a good teacher who knows very well that she, too, is a student; it's central to a community of Christians who will have a mix of people who "know" the same kinds of things but have learned them in different ways - experience, reading, thinking, inspiration, and so on ... But silencing knowledgeable people in the name of community is not conversation at all - it's a reaction against dogmatism that is ultimately destructive. Two mutually qualifying blog posts, that are helpful. I was having a conversation today that reflected these two sentiments in some way. We were talking about how it is equally monochrome to only discuss things in the same manner each week as it is to preach at people each week. We need creativity and variety in our gatherings that keeps our learning dynamic, interesting and ultimately life-changing; as well as using the differing gifts and styles in the community. Posted by: Mark | 4:02 pm |
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