The Joyful Debt: shifting Christian paradigms
Submitted by diaskeaus on Thu, 05/25/2006 - 10:09
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- Paradigms, Old and New
- Mission began with Christ
- Mission began after the Fall
- Mission is something we do
- We spit in the face of Christ if we do not reach out (we do not appreciate his sacrifice)
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- God speaks to our heart
- God speaks to our mind
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- Clergy is anointed
- Priesthood of all believers
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- U.S. led church
- Worldwide church
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- Sacred space
- Sacred earth
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- Salvation for the saved
- God's grace bestowed on all
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- Church as standard of morality
- Christ as standard of morality
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- Ministry for the Church
- Ministry to the church
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- Culturally responsible
- Socially responsible
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- God as existent
- God as transcendent
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- Financially liable
- Materialistically liable
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- Penultimate: the saved soul
- Penultimate: a healed world
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- The temple as central
- "When two gather in my name..."
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- Love as measured
- Unmeasured love
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- Forgiveness earned
- Forgiveness as grace modelled after God
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- Church as club
- Church as community







