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Chew on This Awhile

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Categories: food for thought, quotables, Things that are too good to keep

From ReJesus by Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch:

“To say that we are all made in the image of God is to acknowledge that there are certain, special qualities of human nature that allow God to be made manifest in us. It is a statement about God’s love for humans but also a statement about the uniqueness and beauty of humans. A belief in the imago Dei is not a denial of the inherent sinfulness of all people. To deny such is not only heretical, it’s just plain ignorant. The human race continues to give myriad examples of our depravity and potential for evil. Rather, it recognizes that God’s image is so indelibly stamped on our nature that not even the fall can completely erase it.”

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NEWS FLASH: Strange Man with Gotee Ascertains Spiritual Truth From Independent Film Shoot

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Categories: church, food for thought, What the heck was THAT?

by Elmer Sczhlapczkovsky, Asphyxiated Press

(TULSA, OK) During the shooting of an independent film in a dark nightclub in Tulsa’s historic Brookside District this week, a strange man with a salt-and-pepper gotee claimed to have received a revelation of spiritual truth.

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Tying Up Loose Ends–Some Closing (and Possibly Quite Random) Thoughts on Leadership

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Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up)

Links to previous posts here, here, and here.

As we’ve been discussing church leadership this week in general, and the clergy-laity thing in particular…I’ve expressed a lot of thoughts about what leadership in the church should not look like. I’ve offered the opinion that despite the abuses we’ve seen, human leadership is still Biblical–but I haven’t given much detail as to how such a thing is fleshed out. And I guess primarily that’s because I haven’t got a stinking clue because this is still formulating in my own heart as I’m in the beginning stages of re-learning.

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Why We Should Sort of Take It Easy on the Pastors

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Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought, Rantings

For the past few days I’ve been pondering the whole clergy-laity thing, and the idea of leadership within the context of the institutional church. A couple of days ago, I invited the readers to discuss whether human church leadership is Biblical–and there was a lot of very helpful input and insight left in the comments (thanks!). Yesterday, I weighed in on the conversation in this separate post.

Today, because I think/hope it will lend perspective…I have some thoughts about the abuse of authority in the church–from the leaders’ standpoint.

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The Question of Leadership in the Church

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Categories: food for thought, theological questions

In one of yesterday’s two posts, I posed a question:

“Do you believe that human leadership in the church is Biblical? Or is Jesus our only Shepherd? Why? or Why not?”

Thanks to those of you who were brave enough to respond. 🙂 I’d like to offer my thoughts here–and actually, this will likely take more than one post, possibly as many as three. In this post, I’ll share my opinion about Biblical leadership in general. In the next, I will share some thoughts about the abuse of power among church leaders–from the perspective of a leader.

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This is a Bit Sobering

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Categories: current issues, food for thought

I know I just posted something (and please comment on the discussion question)…but I’ve been hearing about this news item all day concerning the increased number of people in America now claiming “no religion”…so I went and found this article from CNN.com.

Of particular interest to me is the following quote from the article:

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Okay, Kids…It’s Discussion Time!!!

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Categories: food for thought, theological questions

Here’s a question for us to discuss:

With all the stories we can recount of how various church leaders have been corrupt, controlling, dishonest, and considering all the people who have been wounded by such leaders…

Do you believe that human leadership in the church is Biblical? Or is Jesus our only Shepherd? Why? or Why not?

Say your piece, but be nice. 🙂

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…Oh, c’mon, you have to have an opinion on this. Don’t keep us waiting…

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Destiny, Overdone (part 2: Traveling Light)

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Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought, My Story

In sharing some of my own story in my previous post, I shared how I grew up with a sort of “promise child” mentality, and how that caused me to have a warped view of destiny and calling. In this post, I’ll be talking about how God has adjusted my perspective. And forgive me in advance if I talk a lot about myself in this post; please know that I’m just processing some personal stuff, and letting you in on it. 🙂

After re-reading the last post, I can really see a need for a “part 2” (which I was going to do anyway). There really needs to be some clarification here. So let me start with that.

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Destiny, Overdone (part 1: "Promise Child")

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Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought, My Story

For a combination of reasons I still don’t quite comprehend, probably going all the way back to the womb…I grew up with a “promise child” mentality. I have had an inflated sense of responsibility for as long as I can remember. I was a perpetual overachiever, was always considered the smartest kid in the class, had an acute sense of conscience bordering on torment, and showed an interest in spiritual things beyond my years. Also, my gift for music blossomed at an early age, which garnered me even more attention. And being an only child (read: my parents’ only shot at successful offspring) couldn’t have done anything but intensified the sense of expectation I felt. It seemed nearly every adult I connected with saw me as “special”, someone destined for some sort of greatness.

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Love…Never Fails

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Categories: "Love Is...", food for thought, love

The last day in February=the final post in the “Love Is…” series from 1 Cor. 13. Links to the previous posts below.

This phrase, “love never fails”, is one of the most well known in 1 Cor. 13, and so often quoted that the meaning can easily be lost in its catch-phrase status.

Taken simply for how it reads, it sounds like love is invincible, that love always wins, always triumphs, and always meets its objectives. “Love conquers all”. But what does that look like?

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