By: Maria Fee It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled eyes of the eleven apostles; it was as His flesh: ours. -John Updike, Seven Stanzas at Easter, Stanza 2 The lilies that will adorn our churches this Sunday are redolent of fresh life, yet for Updike this symbol is much too subdued. Christ&rs...
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Why Tree
Frogs Need
Believers
By: Amilee Watkins In 1983, Peter Harris and his wife founded A Rocha, a conservation organization currently working in 20 different countries to care for God’s creation. As their initial project was established in the Algarve region of Portugal, A Rocha is Portuguese for “the rock.” For over 20 years, Peter Harris has sought to engage culture with the power of th...
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Work
A prophet is someone who speaks God’s truth. This makes it particularly intriguing that when Jesus feeds the hungry in the Gospel of John, he is recognized as a prophet without giving any speeches. This means that, like Jesus, we can communicate prophetically to the world through our deeds and our work. With the Bible as our guide, we can communicate the messag...
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Arts Forum
This week Redeemer Arts has invited two close partners to share with you about a new and important art & faith movement which will culminate next month in an exciting way at the New City Arts Forum.To whet your appetite for this event we’ve asked our good friend Dan Siedell, who will be a featured speaker at the Forum, to contribute a blog introducing the issues he...
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Re-Imagine
Power
By: Calvin Chin “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 (NIV) What is gospel entrepreneurship? The Ei Forum brings this idea to life by gathering together a diverse group of entrepreneurs, investors, and pastors one weekend a...
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New: The Art of
Resurrection and the Resurrection of Art
New: The Art of
Resurrection and the Resurrection of Art
“In Christ, all that is ugly and subversive in the cosmos has been purified, beautified and fulfilled. Therein lies the promise for the transformation of all things.” – Jeremy Begbie, ‘Voicing Creation’s Praise’ Our next Gospel & Culture speaker, Dr. Jeremy Begbie, teaches theology at Duke Divinity School and is the founder and director of Du...
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