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The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation Continued
Continuing from yesterday’s quote from Tim Chester and Steve Timmis’ Total Church,
We want to make three assertions about the relationship between evangelism and social action:
1. Evangelism and scoial action are distinct activities.
Good social action is about harnessing the insights and resources of the poor, but the gospel is a message from the outside that is [...]
The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation
So in any Christian ministry, including ministry among the poor, proclaiming and teaching the word of God must be central. And that is because the greatest need of the poor, as for us all, is to be reconciled to God and so escape his wrath. What makes Christian social involvement distinctly Christian is a commitment [...]
Do we live in the context of the resurrection?
The older I get the more I realize how often I live my life as a disciple of Christ without really living it. After years of living as a Christian, going to church, praying, reading the Bible, the living part can all too often become passive. The fervor for Christ mellows and your works become [...]