{"id":418,"date":"2011-11-02T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=418"},"modified":"2011-11-02T12:19:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:19:22","slug":"reader-poll-you-vote-on-our-next-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2011\/11\/reader-poll-you-vote-on-our-next-series.html","title":{"rendered":"Reader Poll: You Vote On Our Next Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the next few weeks we are finishing up our series, “Weird Sayings of Jesus.” \u00a0Which means we’ll be embarking on another series not too long from now! \u00a0 What follows are some ideas, and I need your vote. \u00a0As incentive, I promise not<\/em> to tattoo my behind like new manager Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) in a recent episode of “The Office.”<\/p>\n

But a bit more seriously, what you come up with may turn into a first book. \u00a0Or at least part of one. Then you’ll be able to say that you helped a struggling writer…struggle more.<\/p>\n

Simply post your first and second choice below and lobby your friends to vote as well. \u00a0You have a few weeks to help me make my decision. \u00a0If I don’t hear from you, then don’t say I didn’t warn you! \u00a0I’ll post the results on our last day of “Weird Jesus Sayings”:<\/p>\n

The Gospel According to The Far Side<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you haven’t caught Far Side’s depiction of highlights from the Gospels, then you’re in for a treat. \u00a0My sermons and reflections will just be “window dressing.”<\/p>\n

Bumper Sticker Theology<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a day and age of often vacuous, shallow and commodified spirituality, bumper stickers are often the closest we come to finding a common language for our discourse about God (“theology,” in other words). \u00a0In this series, I will unpack some of my personal favorites in the way of bumper stickers, and will entertain some of yours, with a view to finding the biblical connections while opening up our conversation about God, faith and the funny stuff in between.<\/p>\n

On Angels’ Wings with Devils’ Horns: The Top 10 Saints and Sinners Of All Time and What They Teach Us<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>This series will require your input. \u00a0I’ll compile a rather long list of saints and sinners and ask you to weigh in on which ones make the short list and why.<\/p>\n

“As Through a Looking Glass”: Our Questions for God This Side of Eternity<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bible is as full of questions as it is of answers- questions that are as relevant today as they were in biblical times. \u00a0This series will look at the questions, with a view to poking holes in the common presumption that to be a Christian means to have all the answers. Or, to give all the answers. \u00a0The apostle Paul was one of the first to admit that “now we see [God] through a glass darkly,” but one day we will see God “face to face”- and that while now we “know only in part,” one day we will “know fully” (1 Corinthians 13:12). \u00a0So as people of faith we can and should be people who ask questions about God. \u00a0Tough questions. \u00a0 This series will give us biblical permission to do so.<\/p>\n

“Sanctification” Embodied: \u00a0How One Group of Women Is Living in Grace and What We Can Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Sanctification” is a “churchy” term for growing in God’s grace so that our whole person looks more and more like Jesus Christ, who modeled a new way of being human in His life, death and resurrection. \u00a0These days the church is really good at talking about “justification”- that life-changing moment in which we discover that because of God’s love we can become “right with God.”<\/p>\n

But I suspect that the church in large part could do a whole lot better when talking about “sanctification.” \u00a0For one thing, “sanctification” isn’t very “cool” or “hip”: there is something in us that recoils from the notion of “becoming holy” or “set apart for God.” \u00a0And sanctification requires a bit more work on our parts. \u00a0Sure, it is as chock-full of God’s grace as that first, often more dramatic moment of initial conversion, but it demands more of us. \u00a0“Sanctification” is not just a one-time experience but a whole lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The problem is that we miss out on a whole lot of God’s grace when we emphasize “justification” at the expense of “sanctification.” \u00a0Because if “justification” is that “first kiss,” then “sanctification” is “going steady” with God. \u00a0If “justification” is dipping our toe in Living Water, then “sanctification” is getting dunked in it.<\/p>\n

The question, then, is: what does “sanctification” look like and what does it require? \u00a0The women of Magdalene House, a residential treatment program for women coming off the streets, have found their answer. \u00a0Their “Rule of Magdalene”\u00a0has embodied grace and second chances after a dead-end life of drugs, crime and prostitution. \u00a0Every week we will unpack one of the 24 “spiritual principles” that comprise the Rule by exploring what it has come to mean in the life of one of these Magdalene women.<\/p>\n

“The Kingdom of God” Unleashed: Jesus’ Use of the Term and Its Application for Today<\/strong><\/p>\n

When God is Cruel: \u00a0Places in Scripture We Like to Avoid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unmerited Suffering: The Book of Job for Our Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Church” Revisited: \u00a0The Book of Acts for Our Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

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