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Rob Bell’s 4 priorities for churches
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Patton Dodd
Relevant asks, “What are some crucial changes that our churches need to make to become a Eucharist that is broken and poured out for the world?” Pastor Bell answers: 1. Master the art of doubt. Faith needs it to survive. 2. Surrender the compulsive need to constantly remind people that according to your worldview you’re…
John Piper: Vote as if not voting
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Patton Dodd
John Piper’s engaged asceticism is timely advice for American Christians who are worshipping at the altar of patriotism and the electoral process. I wish he’d emphasize that “Godward purposes” are, in fact, a call to deal with the world in the sense of remaking and cultivating, which is a call to cease the worship of…
Good questions from Culture Making
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Patton Dodd
Today’s blogged excerpt from Andy Crouch’s book at the Culture-Making site asks urgent, necessary questions. Forget about the election, and ponder this: If we believe that God is still on the move in human cultures, then our most basic questions have to be,What is God doing in culture? What is his vision for the horizons…
Daniel Clark’s culture shock
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Patton Dodd
Last Friday, I was working at Wisdom Tea House (a dream of a place) when my friend Daniel Clark came in to join me for the afternoon. “30 hours ago I was in a jungle,” he said as he sat down. “Being here makes me feel sick.” Daniel was in the midst of culture…
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