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Irresistible Mystery

Irresistible Mystery

Kenyon Adams  This Easter season we share the benefit of hindsight as we reflect upon Christ's death. We behold the spectacle of God's shameless love, his inordinate response to our need for rescue and reconciliation. And yet, those who were most expectant of a rescue in Jerusalemexperienced instead the disaster of his trial and crucifixion, the scattering of his follo...

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Marketplace As Social Justice

Marketplace
As

Social
Justice 

Challenging the Darkness

Challenging
the

Darkness

As we discuss how the church can engage an increasingly post-Christian culture in the west, it is helpful to take a step back from our own times and historically examine how Christianity has dealt with cultures that seemed implacably opposed to it.  Christianity was never expected to convert the Roman empire; nor was it expected to convert the barbarian tribes after Rome fell. &n...

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Challenging the Darkness Q & A

Challenging
the

Darkness
Q & A

As we discuss how the church can engage an increasingly post-Christian culture in the west, it is helpful to take a step back from our own times and historically examine how Christianity has dealt with cultures that seemed implacably opposed to it.  Christianity was never expected to convert the Roman empire; nor was it expected to convert the barbarian tribes after Rome fell. &n...

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Passion for People

Passion
for

People

Andy Mills answeres the question, "What does it mean to have a meaningful passion with regard to our work?" First, it means that our passion for work is secondary to our passion for Christ.  Only then can Jesus truly use us for all his purposes.  Next, it means aligning ourselves with God’s reality.  We must strive to see people as God sees them, no...

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Flying Quilts

Flying Quilts

Maria Fee As a painter coming from a fine arts background I’ve always resonated with the craft of quilt making, so it was with great pleasure, if only for a short time, the wall between art and craft came down like a house of cards. This past week 650 red and white quilts, somewhat resembling playing cards, where visually stacked on top of one another in circular formations t...

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