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Sermon in a sentence (or two…or three) – Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Song of Solomon 2:8-13 - “Arise, my love, and come away with me.” Whether your Bible refers to the Song of Solomon as the Song of Songs or Canticles, we might blush or squirm at the words of main...
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Sermon in a sentence (or two…or three) – Mark 10:2-16
Mark 10:2-26 “Jesus, what’s the point of the Law? On what grounds is divorce acceptable?” the Pharisees ask Jesus. You would think that the Pharisees would learn their lesson. Every time they come...
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Announcing or outsourcing the Kingdom?
Kingdom as Gift of Love Arias begins chapter six with a challenging question: How do we announce the kingdom as gift today? How do we “tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love?” Arias suggests...
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“And they will know that we are Christians…”
Fusing doctrine and theology Scott Jones begins Evangelistic Love of God & Neighbor the exact place the book’s title suggests. He asks: “How do we love non-Christians well? Evangelize them. How...
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The reign of God is the state when all of God’s creatures are fully loved
Humanity’s evangelistic love of God and neighbor After exploring the diversity of ways in which God’s grace and loved are offered to persons, Jones turns to examine humanity’s response to God’s...
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Confession and humility in evangelism
Evangelism and persons from other religions In chapter seven Jones discusses the centuries old question: How do Christians relate to people of other religions? Jewish Christians struggled with the...
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Review of Jones’s “Evangelistic Love of God & Neighbor”
Scott Jones’s Evangelistic Love of God & Neighbor makes many important contributions to the contemporary study of evangelism. Jones is unapologetically Wesleyan, but at the same theologically...
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Lent 4.5 – Consumption
Marketers and advertisers frustrate me. They are brilliant in their jobs. Over and over they convince me to want (and buy) something I never knew I wanted. We’re consumers. Or maybe… We’re being...
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The sixth sense?
What would it look like to love God with one of the most precious gifts God has given – our body. How might we engage our five sense in loving God? Is this how we might embody Jesus’ command to love...
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Is this the end of evil?
Is this a season of dancing? At 5:00a this morning I woke up to 2 sounds: a crying baby and a text alert from the Associated Press. My five-month-old daughter was hungry and Osama Bin Laden was dead....
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