https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qariDbhpPOA Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapter 4 of WHAT ON EARTH? / An Upside-Down Kingdom The kingdom is “so contrary to human nature and our faulty logic that it appears upside down to us.” Give an example of this.Elaborate on one of Craig Greenfield’s comparisons between empire and the …
5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 1 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://youtu.be/wo7MyF8kMls The Big Idea Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for the book: WHAT ON EARTH? Considering the Social Implications of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount Chapter 1 - What’s the BIG IDEA? What do you think E. Stanley Jones meant by calling the Sermon “A working philosophy of life.”I claim that …
A Kingdom Needs a Constitution
All social and governmental entities require a document that communicates the fundamental principles around which they choose to govern themselves. The revolutionaries of the New World knew they needed a way to articulate their vision for their embryonic society, some purposes and parameters for how they and their descendants were to live together. Every commonwealth …
The Narcissist vs The Poor in Spirit
The narcissist has no redemptive influence on a culture that is already obsessed with itself. He can’t fit others into his heart because it’s already full of himself. He has fabricated his own role in life to write, produce, direct, and star in his own autobiographical docudrama. He only reaches out to others when he …
Jesus’ Scary Authority
“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.” (Matthew 7:28-29) Every time Jesus opened his mouth people reacted. This crowd was stunned by an inherent “authority,” which had nothing to do with the …
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