What Does a New Testament Church Look Like?
We get this question frequently from readers of The Jesus Paradigm by David Alan Black. The easiest answer is to link to his essay with the same title.
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Distracted from Discipleship – Blog from author Allan R. Bevere
ByempowerEnergion Publications’ author, Allan R. Bevere hit a bullseye today with his blog, Distracted from Discipleship: A Lectionary Reflection on Matthew 22:1-14. Dr Bevere writes: I am convinced that the number one problem in the Western church today is that we are not very good at making disciples of Jesus Christ. We are too distracted with…
The Word on the Street – Is It the Bible?
Byempower(Energion author Nick May (Megabelt) posted the following on Facebook, and it is reproduced here with his permission. For his Facebook friends, the post is here.) Several years ago, I learned about something called “The Word on the Street” which is a take on the Bible whose modernized terms make The Message read like T.S….
Featured Post: Dancing with God on Trinity Sunday
ByempowerHere’s some highlights from this delightful reflection on the Trinity: For the Trinity to truly have value for my faith experience, it will have to be more than a philosophical construct. There has to be a living engagement with the triune God. Although there is the problem of gender particularity in the traditional formula of…
On Being Certain
ByempowerEdward W. H. Vick We had gone away for a vacation, were far from home, had left it all behind and in spite of the weather were enjoying ourselves. Now it was Thursday evening. Before turning in for the night, we decided to listen to the news on the radio. So we turned it on….
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What would Jesus do?
Byempowerby David Cartwright In my book on the paradoxical teachings of Jesus, there are three questions that prompted my quest for answers and shaped the course of all fifteen meditations on the sayings of Jesus. “What did Jesus say?”, “What did Jesus mean?”, and “What would Jesus do?” Although, that’s the most helpful order…
People Are the Wreath of Victory
Byempower(From Dave Black Online, Sunday, February 25, 2018) 3:36 PM Hey, here’s something to think about from 1 Thess. 2:17-20 (our passage for this week in Greek 4). The word usually translated as “crown” is a metaphor drawn from the Greek athletic contests. It “alludes to the wreath which was awarded to the victor in an…
