Looking Out Instead of Looking In
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- Church & Hometown:
- Bettendorf Presbyterian Church -- Bettendorf, IA
- Role in the Church:
- Sheepdog -- I try to keep one eye on the Shepherd and another on the sheep all the while trying to stay on the path.
- Favorite Preacher:
- Tony Campolo
- Favorite Author:
- Donald Miller, Rob Bell, Fred Burchner, Christopher Moore, Dr. Suess, JRR Tolkien,
Troy Winder's Blog
A great quote
I recently re-read this quote from Neil Cole:
"If we evaluate our churches not by attendance or buildings but by how recognizible Jesus is in our midst, our influence would be more far-reaching and our strategies would be far more dynamic." (Organic Church p. 57)
I think we should expand this to include ourselves as well as our buildings... If we evaluate ourselves not by our church attendance or our wwjd-Jesus junk that we wear, but by how recognizible Jesus is in our…
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Posted on January 9th, 2008 at 3:33pm —
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The emerging church and celtic spirituality
Having recently read a couple of books on celtic spirituality I am struck by some very simlar themes that seem to reoccur often in both the emerging church movement and celtic spirituality...
One foundational theme that I read in both movements is that of the basic goodness of God's creation. This concept, it would appear, is in direct antithesis to the Reformed idea of the "total depravitiy of humanity".
Another theme is that God is much more present in all of creation than God…
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Posted on December 13th, 2007 at 2:16pm —
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