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Missional God 12
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xscot mcknight
There are two feisty parties in the church today. Let’s call them “spiritualizers” and “activists.” Chris Wright, in the second half of chp 8 (The Mission of God) says each emphasizes biblical truth but omits what the other emphasizes. He calls for an integrated approach: Wright’s “right.”
Missional God 11
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xscot mcknight
How significant is the “exodus” in shaping the biblical idea of mission? Real significant would be the answer of Chris Wright in The Mission of God (chp. 8 ). Here’s how he begins the chp: “How big is our gospel?” That leads to “How big is our understanding of redemption?” And that leads then to…
Missional God 10
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xscot mcknight
Monday we looked at the big tough question about “missional” even being appropriate for the Old Testament. Today we look at chp 7 in Chris Wright, The Mission of God, to discover the number of texts that push the universal button in the Old Testament. If Jonah is your typical response to Gentile missions, that…
Grace Boldly
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xscot mcknight
Cathleen Falsani, an award-winning religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, calls her new book Sin Boldly and finishes it off with this subtitle: A Field Guide for Grace. That title, “sin boldly,” comes from Luther, but this book is not about sin but about grace, and it is a field guide.
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