Discernment and my Broken Soul
The Listening Christian Community
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I mentioned yesterday the idea of listening for God’s direction in ministry and
mission is something that is critically important, but quite difficult.
The Listening Leader or Is Christian Leadership and Listening Oxymoronic?
I have started on one of those “Read Through
the Bible in a Year” programs for 2013. I have done this annually for many years but
have dropped the practice in the last few for a variety of reasons.
Nonetheless, I believe it is vital to get the full scope of Scripture and there
are no shortcuts in getting there. You just have to sit down and read. I
believe that the Gospel is found in the entire Bible, not just in select verses
that evangelicals have hyper-focused on for the last several decades. It was
NT Wright and a few others who have asked the poignant question: Do we actually need
to read the whole of Scripture to arrive at a clear and full understanding of
the gospel?” Sadly, most will unequivocally say that you need to engage the
full corpus of Scripture, but in real time their lives deny the fact.
Discipleship as Discernment – Part 1
What is discipleship? What are the foundational ideas you hold concerning discipleship? How do people become more like Jesus in real time.