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#ReimagineCOMPASSION...with a 28 Day Spiritual First Aid Guide
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Phil</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Thank you for your tireless efforts to care for others. To assist you on your journey toward becoming the helper others need you to be, we are sharing a free, downloadable Spiritual First Aid Responder Journal.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://email.kjbm.spiritualfirstaid.org/c/eJx8kEGP2yAQhX-NuVSJYMBgDhxatZF67g-wsBknk7WBAm60_77KrtteVr2Nvvfmjeb5nMfoN3Qv_u4nOtWWCi4lxVZPuaSwz41SZMEN0iiPDJ3QVg7SGDAMN0_rGHClX1heRwpO9EYKoUFodagUHIheKABhh4NtWKu_4theM7p3NJXkw-xrOywFa9rLjB_uV_y5Y3wXD_QW9e05fvmbdHMgrYVBc5CDnbUJOKl-Utor4XsVODBywEFyy5VQMEh-hmUyMIcguUEIfOgUf7lP27lmKtR2vy5UavMUzqlc2epureXayc8dXDq4PB6Pj50dXOriTwVrTjFgOd3TXqJf2Z8qKj7xGNLmKbr_nCwu32iNOcdO8evz4fOcNlZwpkwY21thUvXacmskq9SODpXptbK9Ys39oIafvn_tQP7DvwMAAP__et6uqw" target="_blank"><strong>This 28-day journal</strong></a> is a biblically-informed and trauma-informed tool. Inside, you’ll find a daily prompt designed to help you reflect on God's heart for the hurting, open your eyes to those in need of care around you, and encourage you as you serve others. <a href="https://www.spiritualfirstaid.org/sfa-responder-journal" target="_blank">Download>>></a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Our prayer is that this journal will help grow your compassion for others, as well as for yourself. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Best,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Jamie Aten, Ph.D. and Kent Annan, M.Div.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Co-</strong><strong>Founders of Spiritual First Aid</strong></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span id="m_-5431293598973498841docs-internal-guid-3010fb03-7fff-fdcf-f754-78e66f306e95" style="font-size:14pt;">P.S. Ready to take your growth as a helper to the next level? Enroll in our <a href="https://email.kjbm.spiritualfirstaid.org/c/eJx8kM2u2yAUhJ_GbKpY_BnMgkWrNlLXfQALm-PkJDZQwI3y9lUSt3dz790dfTNnpBmX0hDcCvbqLm7EQ6kxw5xjqOWQcvTbVDEG4m0vtHRAwDJlRC-05prA6nAZPCz4B_J9QG9ZpwVjijMldxW95axjknNm-p2tUIo7wVDvCewLjTk6P7lSd0uGErc8wbv_BX5vEF7ijp5RPx7nt_9JZzvLToKjyoE0qgMtZsanflTzKLzWRhG0nHJBDZVM8l7Qls-j5pP3gmrgnvaNpNfLuLYlYca6uWXGXKpD38Z8Ios915pKI742_Njw4-12-8D5r3KB4CEPPq4Og_0kOtt0xiWkFBpJT49i7RRXkmHChBDqcxghO2Wo0YIUrPtWUndKmk6San9hhS8_vzdcvOG_AQAA___eYqZ-" target="_blank"><strong>Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course</strong></a> today. You’ll gain access to everything you need to keep growing as a helper, including a proven helping framework, practical tools, and on-demand videos that take the guesswork out of helping. </span></p>
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#RethinkEVANGELISM...as Emergency Response
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We know you and your church are concerned about people in distress. We also realize you may be overwhelmed by the needs around you and worry about what you should do (and not do) to help those facing difficulties—from mild stress to mass trauma.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">That’s why we’re offering a complimentary e-book on <em>How to Help (and Not Help) After a Crisis</em>. We’ve curated this resource to provide advice about what is most beneficial to people after a loss or tragedy.<strong> <a href="https://email.kjbm.spiritualfirstaid.org/c/eJx8kEGO3CAQRU9jbyK3oAC7WbBIlLSUdQ5gVUN5umZsIIDTmttHmXaSzWh26P3PL-lhznPEjdwLPuOVh9pSoaWk2OqQSwq7b5xiH9xZTRqpJycnMRoN0kJPG_I6B1r5F5XXmYOTVqtxEjBafaQcHEgDSkmQ4mAb1YpPNLfXTO6BriVh8FjbUSlU0148vfu_0s-d4iM80NvUtz_PL_-Wbo6Csstkg5GTD4iT8UEL1KOSyoM8U88OBGghwUoDVp9PixfLpAFAWAWIptPi5fm6nWrmwm3HdeFSG3I4pfLUr-7WWq6d-tzBpYPL_X5_v9nB5UZrHnBpVAYcfOHKtf8rolIMVOaQNuToPjhYXL7x2mkRc44PQp4zU2xvpmDUYKyw575yO-TpyYzaGt0394Mbffr-tQP1H_8OAAD__858q-s" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD IT NOW</a> </strong>to receive words and phrases to avoid, ways to help, and tips on listening well.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We pray the e-book equips you to more confidently serve those in challenging situations. Thank you for allowing us to come alongside you.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Jamie Aten, Ph.D. and Kent Annan, M.Div.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Co-</strong><strong>Founders of Spiritual First Aid</strong></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">P.S. Our 6-session online Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course has many more downloadable tools to help you meet the needs of people of all ages. <strong><a href="https://email.kjbm.spiritualfirstaid.org/c/eJx8kEGO3CAQRU9jNtG0oCgbs2CRKGkp6xzAwqY8XTM2EKDTmttHmXaSTWt26P3Pk-r7nKfod3Kv_sXP_FRbKrSWFFt9yiWF69I4RRHcqA16EuSUkUOPoCwI2j1vU6CNf1F5mzg4ZVEPRsJg8Ug5OFA9aK1AyYPtVKt_pqm9ZXJ3NJfkw-JrOyqFarqWhR7-r_TzSvEeHuhd9e3P88s_08WZZbBSLSjXVaMagzEG5wH1jApHa0bBDiSgVGBVDxbH07rI1SAASKvB-75D-foy76eauXC7-m3lUpvncErlWWzu0lqunf7cwbmD8-12e9zs4Cz-Xl0pBipTSLvn6D6wF5cvvHUoY87xTmjhzBTb-ywwIPRW2lFUbsdSaPoBbY-iuR_c6NP3rx3o__h3AAAA___HXKOu" target="_blank">ENROLL NOW</a></strong> to receive biblically-informed, evidence-informed, and trauma-informed training on caring well for others.</span></p>
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#RethinkSmallGroups
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/rethinksmallgroups
2024-01-13T21:42:22.000Z
2024-01-13T21:42:22.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em><strong>#RethinkSmallGroups</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">If you're like most Christians who hear about starting a group for seekers, we know what you’re thinking:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">It sounds interesting, but I don’t know anyone to invite.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">If I did start a group for seekers, what if I can't answer their questions?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">I could never do this by myself!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;">Besides, I’m afraid that inviting the people I know to a group like this would damage our friendship.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We get it. We felt the same way before getting our groups off the ground.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">And that's why we have Q Place Coaching!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">In Q Place Coaching, you'll see that this approach is a relational, non-pushy way to share your faith. We'll help you start relating with acquaintances in ways that naturally lead to inviting them into your group.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We'll show you how to launch your group with guidelines that help everyone feel welcome—even if they aren't yet convinced the Bible is true. And guess what? It's <u>better</u> if you <u>don't</u> answer their questions! We'll show you how to facilitate discussions so group members discover honest answers for themselves as you all read and discuss Scripture together.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">We agree that you should not do this alone. Part of Q Place Coaching is helping you identify at least one other Christian to start a group with you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Most people who get a taste of Q Place discussions love them. (Christians, seekers, and skeptics alike!) God's Spirit is at work in everyone as they are reading His Word so the pressure is off you! Your job is to pray, follow the group guidelines, and follow God's leading as He works in your friends' lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">In Q Place Coaching, we'll give you tips for inviting people to “come once and check it out,” with plenty of practice and prayer to support you. Even if your friends say, “No thanks,” our coaching will help you continue your friendship—not damage it. (And we have also seen a “No” change to “OK, I'll try it now,” and then to, “I am so grateful for this group!”)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">The bottom line is that we can say from experience, starting a group for seekers is worth it!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Q Place Coaching will equip you, and even after the seven sessions, our coaches will continue to be available for ongoing prayer and support.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://hh200.keap-link018.com/v2/click/6d376a48d0f5878e4820d58247456476/eJyNkMFqwkAQht9lzsGEKtkaKCWISIj1UOxZlslolm52t5uxECTv7sQWe2mh1_n_-T5mLsDktOOqgQLa9iHLIIFIaIIhxyvvWOMtnOeL-TIBa9z7JvpzgOLy2-o9n6aLTCmVAA-BpLJ_LVd1tdscttWulmrQURT_4Twqlf9w1i9ltYVx_BNMneH1p7B7KDieaTqoMXIUv0U7OZhDX6TpR7AaacatuMzR4Ax9l6K3VprGu_4ZNdPJx-EJvUZpnQSuQyDXfD-mpuFLMV4B-hRsSw==" target="_blank">Register today</a> </strong>to reserve your seat!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Jan and the Q Place Team</span></p>
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<td><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Jan Teat</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14pt;">Q Place National Field Leader</span><br /> <span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="mailto:jan@qplace.com" target="_blank">jan@qplace.com</a></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>P.S. Get details and the</strong> <strong><a href="https://hh200.keap-link018.com/v2/click/eb995b9a0f7d58b40ed03280b3f5669e/eJyNkEGLwkAMhf9L9traoq6jvYmIlLoeRM8yTIMNW2fGaWwR6X93qtKTgrfw3sv7SG7AqKXmNIcEimIYxxCAQ0WWUPPCaJbqYY4m49EsgJL0_8qZi4Xk9m619zt1HAvxGwBfLfrIbjtfZOlmdVinm8xHrXQe8U3PVIiJ6HuWf_N0DW37sRhPxMvad1eQsLtgd1BO_ijeu7JjMNsqiaKmaQZnW0qFA2VO0Tl8zKEyUhWkj6HDI1XsJJPR0U8vmxpdTdh4krQWdf76UobXJ6-9A3wzcMY=" target="_blank">Q Place Coaching content overview</a>, and share with another Christian who could start a group with you! </strong>(You both get a discount when you register together.)</span></p>
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#ReimagineEVANGELISM...@ Christmastime
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimagineevangelism-christmastime
2023-11-14T19:39:19.000Z
2023-11-14T19:39:19.000Z
Reimagine Curator
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<p><strong>REACHING OUT AT CHRISTMAS TIME</strong><br /> By Pastor Bill Whitt<br /> <strong><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">There may be 41 days left before Christmas, but today is the perfect time to begin thinking about how to use this season for church renewal and reaching out!</span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Now you might say, "But Bill, our congregation is so introverted, and outreach does not come naturally to us." </span><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">You're in good company.</span><em> </em><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I recently read that in one denomination, 72 percent of its churches qualify as "introverted" or "troubled."</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Here are a few Christmas outreach ideas I've seen work well!</span><hr />
<p><strong>FIVE IDEAS TO INCORPORATE OUTREACH INTO ADVENT</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Idea 1: CANDLELIGHT SERVICE INVITATIONS</strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">A recent survey found that "holiday programs and activities" are important to 65 percent of respondents (ACS Technology's MissionInsite tool). </span>Because holiday traditions are important to so many people, many people in your community will respond favorably to a simple invitation to a traditional candlelight service.</li>
<li>Are you equipping your people to make that invitation (physical cards, Facebook event, etc.)? Are you setting, tracking, and celebrating invitation goals?</li>
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<p><strong>Idea 2: POINSETTIA GIFTS FOR NEIGHBORS</strong></p>
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<li>Christmas is a time when giving and receiving gifts feels natural. Could there be a better time to knock on people's doors to offer a small gift?</li>
<li>You could offer poinsettias to your local neighbors or even ask your congregants to take poinsettias into each of their own neighborhoods. And that invitation card we just talked about -- why not offer it along with the poinsettia?</li>
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<p><strong>Idea 3: CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY</strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">If your church is blessed with good frontage along a busy road or a nice front lawn, Christmas is the perfect season to highlight this space.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">By adding a Christmas light display, you can send the message that your church is a welcoming place. Perhaps, adding elements of the Christmas story to the display or even hosting "hot chocolate nights" would make it even more effective!</span></li>
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<p><strong>Idea 4: FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT</strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Is your church equipped to host a concert or other event? It could be a nationally known Christian band, a local orchestra, or even a local dance studio's seasonal performance. All these can help bring people onto your property and introduce them to your church.</span></li>
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<strong>Idea 5: COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS</strong>
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<li><span style="font-family:'noticia text', georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">This season, what can you do to meet a tangible need in your community? For you, it might look like partnering with a homeless ministry or helping staff a kitchen ministry. Or it could be as simple as collecting canned goods at your candlelight service.</span></li>
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<p>Greetings Phil,</p>
<p>Over the course of the last 7 months, the weekly prayer meeting I lead at our church has grown from 6-10 people to 20-25 each week, about 20% of our regular Sunday morning attendance.</p>
<p>There are a number of reasons for that growth, but I think one in particular stands out.</p>
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<p>Blessings,</p>
<p>Jon</p>
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<h1>Best Way to Change Prayer Meetings for the Better</h1>
<h2>By Jon Graf</h2>
<p>There are lots of issues involved when a church is bogged down in a prayer meeting rut. And there is no simple fix to make an existing prayer meeting that is dull, exciting. But in almost every situation, there is one change you can make that will vastly improve the prayer.</p>
<p>What is it? . . .</p>
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<h1>Learn How to Develop Dynamic Prayer Meetings</h1>
<p>Praying together was a mark of the early church. Most Western churches today struggle to have group prayer that is powerful and draws people to participate. In this special 40-page e-book, Jonathan Graf, president of the Church Prayer Leaders Network shares helpful thoughts and ideas to make your church's group prayer come to life!</p>
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<h1>Easily Teach Your People to Pray Scripture</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gh366.keap-link006.com/v2/click/3ed12f5a7924184c1079b5f9113347c3/eJyNkEELgkAQhf_LnCtLMcNbiIRYHqLOsbSTLtnusI6BiP-9taJTQdd5733Dez0waqE5kxBDWQXLJUzA4lmRQs2J0SzOT3Hh-1EUTaBW-rqxpiWI-2_Zjz5eg8XKdxnuCJ3lsF8neVZsTtusyJ2VhHU__uH483AVhB9QultnWxiGn2S8KU7vDt5AzLbFsZJUrhYfbe38FTM1seeRFR3apjI0M7b0GlMrOb2YVkvBymjPoQQRavkeIsfuBRweOsBlsg==" target="_blank">Solid Foundation</a></em> is a practical tool to help you both understand the power of praying Scripture and learn to pray God's Word over the daily situations you and your loved ones face.</p>
<p>This is an expanded edition of our popular booklet that includes most of the text of the theme section of Issue 3 of <em>Prayer Connect</em>Magazine. This new, larger edition has an additional chapter, "Prayer That Brings God Glory" by Kim Butts.</p>
<p>There are study questions included which makes this a great resource for a small group or Sunday school class.</p>
<p>Its multiple copy discounts make it easily affordable for your entire congregation!</p>
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<h1>Pray for Schools in Your Community This Fall!</h1>
<p>Our kdis and schools need prayer! Rally your congregation to pray as the kids in your city go back to school this fall.</p>
<p>Our new prayer guide for 2023-2024 school year, <em><a href="https://gh366.keap-link006.com/v2/click/00adaa7e8e6f1d9cc0d653678c4526ff/eJyNkM2qwkAMRt8l6_bWTtFKd1JESr0uLrqWwYZ2sJ0JaSoU6bvf8QdXCm7znZzw5QqCVlspKsigbpLFAgJgPBkyaCV3VvTpHsZKpWkaQGvsecNuIMiu73Zf-W2axEsVByAjoUf2f6u8LHab47bYlR4lzf7GNx41my-T-Uu0_l0VW5imj2bsjKwvXt5DJjzgrVJlfC05cOv5RoT6LIqI9YjcN45-HNeRB1ptulCHNVpkLcbZ8OLaocNQRd6ridBWz6-UOD7s0z907moV" target="_blank">Reclaim a Generation Volume 2</a></em> has just been released and is perfect to get your people focused on the issues and needs of schools.</p>
<p>Why not schedule a 21-day prayer initiative this fall and have your entire congregation pray over the kids and schools in your community!</p>
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<td><strong>Jonathan Graf</strong><br /> President<br /> Church Prayer Leaders Network<br /> <a href="mailto:jon@prayerleader.com" target="_blank">jon@prayerleader.com</a><br /> <a href="https://prayerleader.com/" target="_blank">pr</a></td>
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Becoming the Church: God's People in Purpose and Power
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/becoming-the-church-god-s-people-in-purpose-and-power
2023-08-02T13:34:59.000Z
2023-08-02T13:34:59.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><a href="https://www.ivpress.com/becoming-the-church">Becoming the Church: God's People in Purpose and Power</a></p>
<p><strong>Many today have given up on church. But God has not and does not give up on the church.</strong> The church is God's idea. And once we truly understand what God has in mind for his people, we can become who he wants us to be.</p>
<p>Bishop Claude Alexander shows how the original Christians did not always understand what the church was supposed to be, but God worked in them anyway to become the community that he intended. After the resurrection of Jesus, his followers were transformed from disillusion and doubt to become a people of conviction and new life. The book of Acts describes the unfolding purposes, principles, and practices discovered by the apostles as they gave themselves to Christ's call. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we too can be transformed by Jesus and model to the world what it means to know him—as the church.</p>
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<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12175697086,original{{/staticFileLink}}">Becoming the church claude IVPress.pdf</a></p></div>
#ReimagineEVANGELISM...as relational and conversational with Q Place
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimagineevangelism-as-relational-and-conversational-with-q-place
2023-05-19T16:50:36.000Z
2023-05-19T16:50:36.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
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<p><em><strong>#ReimagineEVANGELISM...as relational and conversational with Q Place</strong></em></p>
<p>As a believer who knows that the message of Jesus matters, what can <em>you</em> do to reach people around you in a way that feels authentic and that doesn't just push them away?</p>
<p>In today's world, many people need a relational way to process the truth of Scripture . . . and an entry point that is relevant to their own spiritual questions. <u>We can equip you to lead a group that meets these needs</u>, and you don't have to be an expert in the Bible or apologetics.</p>
<p>At the first meeting of one of these groups, a participant sat right by the door, <u>ready to bolt as soon as she felt pressured or told what to believe</u>. <strong>But when she heard how the group would work, she relaxed and thought, </strong><strong>“</strong><em><strong>I can handle <u>that</u>!”</strong> </em>And not only did she “handle” it, but through that group and the facilitator who started the group, she became a fervent, joy-filled believer in Jesus!</p>
<p>When you learn how this kind of group works, we bet you'll also think, “<em><u>I</u><u> can handle </u><u>that</u>!”</em></p>
<p><strong>Watch this 30-second video and see what one leader says about his group.</strong></p>
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<p>In Q Place Coaching, we'll help you learn how to invite people to your own group, run the first meeting, and facilitate well as you use materials that are designed to meet people where they are.</p>
<p><strong><u>T</u><u>his online training starts the week of June 5th</u>. Would you pray right now about this opportunity? If God has laid the importance of evangelism on your heart, this may be His answer.</strong></p>
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Resources to #ReimagineCHURCH...as "Neighboring"
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong> Resources to #ReimagineCHURCH...as "Neighboring"</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong> </strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>Helpful Free Neighboring Resources</strong></em></span></p>
<p>The Vision: “Taking the whole gospel to the whole city, one neighborhood at a time.”</p>
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<p><strong>Where it all started:</strong></p>
<p>This Mission Guide download is a detail of the first five phases of NI, then named Mission Reseda. The notebook outlines how NI came into being at the Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Reseda, CA. This resource offers various approaches for connecting with neighbors whether you are a church looking to follow this model or you would merely benefit from adding some meat to your own approach. Although we have since transitioned to a simpler approach laid out in the Resources section of our site, this guide remains a labor of our love for what God revealed in the early years.</p>
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<li> Mission Guide – .<a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MRBook_091711.pdf">pdf</a></li>
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<p><strong>Neighboring Resources</strong></p>
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<li>Introduction to Neighborhood Initiative – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NI-Orientation-10-1-18.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Developing a Neighborhood Ministry Handbook – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NIhandbook.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NIhandbook.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Prayer Points – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayerpoints.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayerpoints.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Prayer Walk Bookmark – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayer-Walk-Bookmark.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Doing a Block Party – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BlockPARTY.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BlockPARTY.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Holiday Activities Pamphlet – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Holiday-Ideas.png">.png</a></li>
<li>Spring / Summer Activities Pamphlet – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NI-Spring-Summer-Activities-revised-6-9-15.doc">.docx</a></li>
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<p><strong>Pastor Workshops and Resources</strong></p>
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<li>Dallas Willard – <a href="https://youtu.be/EBZIh3QmZ8g">“How to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”</a></li>
<li>Lynn Cory – <a href="https://youtu.be/FL66ZZxLAKE">“How to Develop a Neighborhood Ministry”</a></li>
<li>Lynn Cory – <a href="https://youtu.be/FL66ZZxLAKE">“Becoming A Community Of Neighboring Churches”</a></li>
<li>Bruce Zachary – <a href="https://youtu.be/9gCV9s7ARvc">“Practical Steps On Becoming A Neighboring Church”</a></li>
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<p><strong>Resources for Pastors</strong></p>
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<li>A Pastor’s Guide For Neighboring – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Pastors-Guide-for-Neighboring.docx">.docx</a></li>
<li>Developing a Neighborhood Ministry Handbook – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NIhandbook.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NIhandbook.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Neighborhood Block Party Kit (how-to guide) – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BlockPARTY.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BlockPARTY.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Prayer Points – Bulletin Insert – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayerpoints.docx">.docx</a> – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayerpoints.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Holiday Activities Pamphlet – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Holiday-Ideas.png">.png</a></li>
<li>Spring / Summer Activities Pamphlet – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NI-Spring-Summer-Activities-revised-6-9-15.doc">.docx</a></li>
<li>Prayer Walk Bookmark – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Prayer-Walk-Bookmark.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
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<p><strong>Kairos Life Resources</strong></p>
<p><strong>Leading a Kairos Life</strong></p>
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<li>Leader’s Guide – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Leaders-Guide-Living-a-Kairos-Life.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
<li>Participant’s Guide – <a href="https://neighborhoodinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Participants-Guide-Living-a-Kairos-Life.pdf">.pdf</a></li>
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<p><strong>Recommended Reading</strong></p>
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<li>Joseph C Aldrich Gentle Persuasion Portland: Multnomah, 1988.</li>
<li>Joseph C Aldrich Life-Style Evangelism Portland: Multnomah, 1981.</li>
<li>Robert E Coleman The Master Plan of Evangelism Grand Rapids: Spire, 1994.</li>
<li>Randy Frazee The Connecting Church 2.0 Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.</li>
<li>Randy Frazee Real Simplicity Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.</li>
<li>Robert Lewis The Church of Irresistible Influence Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.</li>
<li>Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon The Art of Neighboring Baker Books 2012.</li>
<li>Alan Roxburgh Missional: Joining God in the Neighborhood Baker Books 2011.</li>
<li>Steve Sjogren Conspiracy of Kindness Ann Arbor: Vine Books, 1993.</li>
<li>Steve Sjogren and Dave Ping Outflow Loveland: Group, 2006.</li>
<li>Rodney Stark The Rise of Christianity New York: Harper One, 1996.</li>
<li>Richard Stearns The Hole in Our Gospel Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010</li>
<li>Rick Rusaw and Brian Mavis The Neighboring Church Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2016</li>
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#ReimagineEVANGELISM...with an
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimagineevangelism-with-an-anchor-sunday
2023-03-13T20:32:15.000Z
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>#ReimagineEVANGELISM...with an"Anchor Sunday" At Your Church! </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Pastor, would you like to equip your congregation to do evangelism?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Here’s an easy way to do it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Sponsor an “Anchor Sunday” at your church. Here are the steps:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Watch the video by Pastor Brian Bill.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Let us know how many copies of <a href="https://keepbelieving.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edf7694eeae5e5f9fee7104bf&id=8161318959&e=999f66c04c" target="_blank"><strong>An Anchor for the Soul</strong></a> you need.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">We will donate the books, and we will pay the postage to ship them to you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Give a copy of Anchor to each family in attendance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Ask them to share it with someone who needs to know Jesus.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">We currently have over 70,000 copies of Anchor in English and 55,000 copies in Spanish in our Book Depot in Moline, IL.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">We’d love to help you equip your congregation to share Christ.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Why does this idea work? It’s all about human nature. If you give your people a copy of <em>An Anchor for the Soul</em>, they are more likely to pray for opportunities to share the gospel with someone who needs Jesus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">It’s really that simple.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">What’s the catch? There is no catch!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">We’ve got copies of Anchor that we’d love to ship to you. We’ll keep giving them away until we run out–and then we’ll print some more.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Please note: We ship only in boxes of 100. We aren’t set up to send smaller quantities. Because of the expense and the difficulty of international shipping, we can only ship books within the United States. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">If you are a pastor, you can get the ball rolling by sending an email to <a href="mailto:books@keepbelieving.com" target="_blank"><strong>books@keepbelieving.com</strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">If you are a layperson, forward this email to your pastor and let him know you think it’s a good idea.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Then pick a Sunday.</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Let us know how many copies you need.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">We will ship to any church in the US, and we’ll ship both English and Spanish copies in boxes of 100.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">For more information, send an email to <a href="mailto:books@keepbelieving.com" target="_blank"><strong>books@keepbelieving.com</strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Let’s join together to reach our friends for Christ!</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Ray Pritchard</span></p>
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#ReimagineEVANGELISM...as a Prayer, Care-Share Lifestyle
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimagineevangelism-as-a-prayer-care-share-lifestyle
2023-02-10T16:23:58.000Z
2023-02-10T16:23:58.000Z
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>#ReimagineEVANGELISM...as a Prayer, Care-Share Lifestyle</strong></em></span></p>
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<td>Are you wondering how you can make a difference? The Traveling Team has come up with 101 ways that you can impact the world. From ways to give, to pray, to mobilize and more! Check it out! Let's all get out there and make a difference for the sake of the Gospel. <a href="http://www.thetravelingteam.org/101ways" target="_blank">http://www.thetravelingteam.org/101ways</a>.<br /><br /></td>
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RESOURCE: A Free Book on How To #ReimagineEVANGELISM
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-a-free-book-on-how-to-reimagineevangelism
2022-12-15T20:42:33.000Z
2022-12-15T20:42:33.000Z
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https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><h2 class="hP"><em>Is your "invite them to church" approach broken? </em></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>RESOURCE: A Free Book on How To #ReimagineEVANGELISM</strong></em></span></p>
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<p>Author and <strong>Pastor Ralph Moore</strong> takes a deep dive into what it looks like to bring Jesus into regular conversations. Evangelism isn't a <strong>lost cause</strong>, but the methods we've used in the past are becoming less effective. The solution, according to Ralph is a gradualistic approach to <strong>personal evangelism</strong> in the course of daily friendships. <strong>Download a FREE copy</strong> today and join the "lost cause" conversation.</p>
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RESOURCE: Chronicles of Prayer
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-chronicles-of-prayer
2022-09-09T14:47:12.000Z
2022-09-09T14:47:12.000Z
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<div><p>RESOURCE: Chronicles of Prayer</p>
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<p>I am delighted to share that my book, <em>Praying in Jesus' Name for 21 Centuries, </em>is now available to purchase on Amazon Kindle. You may purchase a copy for yourself or gift a copy to a friend, pastor, or loved one! <br /> <br /> Thank you for your support of this book as we bring the history of prayer to the world. Because of people like you, we can continue to produce prayer resources for those who desire to deepen their knowledge of prayer and their prayer life. </p>
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An Invitation to Question Thinking
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2022-08-28T21:42:33.000Z
2022-08-28T21:42:33.000Z
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<h3>Excerpted from the Just Released 4th Edition: <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=30c7c91237&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">"Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results"</a> by <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=e0328c1851&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Marilee Adams, PhD,</strong></a></h3>
<p><strong>Introduction:</strong></p>
<p>One summer afternoon, shortly after the first edition of this book was published, I answered my office phone to hear a man’s booming voice announce, “You don’t know me, but I’m Ben.” He laughed, and I laughed along with him because I knew exactly what he was referring to. Ben, the main character in this book, is a composite I created, based on real life clients I have coached over the past thirty years. This caller had identified with Ben’s situation so thoroughly that he was convinced I could also help him and his organization get the results they needed.</p>
<p>Ben has become almost legendary for many of my readers. In the story—a business fable through which readers experience the practical power of Question Thinking (QT)—Ben is floundering in his new leadership position. He’s also having trouble at home. His relationship with Grace, his wife of less than a year, is growing increasingly tense. When we first meet him, Ben is one unhappy guy. With the help of his coach and mentor, Joseph S. Edwards, he not only advances in his professional life but also deepens his bond with his wife.</p>
<p>Since that first telephone call from a “Ben,” I’ve received many similar messages from both men and women from a wide variety of backgrounds. One reader, David, wrote that like Ben, he’d been in trouble at work, especially with keeping his team fully engaged. Reading the book not only changed the questions he asked himself, but his new leadership style encouraged greater collaboration and productivity. He was ultimately so successful that his results were included in an article in Inc. magazine.</p>
<p>The world has changed dramatically since the last edition of Change Your Questions, making Question Thinking skills more crucial than ever for dealing with the rising social, economic, health, and environmental challenges confronting us. Through the internet and other digital media, we are bombarded by wide-ranging opinions and widely varying sources of information. Without an ability to question and critically evaluate what we take in, the cumulative impact of these experiences fuels our anxiety, uncertainty, discord, and effectiveness as leaders and as human beings. QT skills support our ability to navigate these rough waters with resilience, adaptability, thoughtfulness, and hope.</p>
<p>Question Thinking, the heart of this book, provides easy-to-learn skills for observing and evaluating our present thinking— especially the questions we’re asking ourselves—and guides us in designing new questions for achieving more fulfilling experiences and results. QT is about thinking mindfully rather than reactively. It leads to more productive outcomes, even under pressure, while building reliable capacities for constructive thought, so vital for sustainable change in our professional as well as personal lives. Without these skills, even our greatest aspirations may remain only wishes and dreams.</p>
<p>Question Thinking began with an important moment of discovery in my own life. I was a determined young graduate student working away on my PhD dissertation. Not only did I endure a ruthless inner critic, but criticisms from others often left me in tears. One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard him say: “Marilee, this is just not acceptable.” At that moment something new happened. I started going to that old place of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me. But then, I began observing myself, and watching not only what I was thinking but how I was thinking. I observed that all the negativity that made me so unhappy was in the form of questions I was asking myself. They were questions like: “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I ever get anything right? What makes me think I have anything to offer? How come everybody else is so much smarter and more successful than me?”</p>
<p>Anyone who’s spent much time trying to answer questions like these will recognize how stuck and frustrating this can be. This time, instead of getting caught up in these questions, I paused and took a deep breath. Becoming calm and curious, I simply asked myself, “Okay, how do I fix it?” That simple switch in my thinking took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action. I was able to give my inner critic a rest and calmly consider my advisor’s suggestions. Soon I was rewriting the section he had found unacceptable, and to my surprise I came up with new possibilities that greatly improved my work.</p>
<p>Of course, I had to wonder, “What had happened?! What made such a difference this time?” I realized that my old familiar judgmental questions about what was wrong and not good enough about me seemed to have evaporated. Rather than getting stuck in that awful quagmire of self-criticism and self-doubt, I had instead focused on the future with the goal of having my questions work for me rather than against me.</p>
<p>Was that change of mine just a fluke? Was there a way to turn this seeming miracle into a reliable method for intentional change for myself and others? From such modest beginnings blossomed this body of work that today I call Question Thinking—which points to how we think with questions and how these questions affect our life experiences and outcomes.</p>
<p>In their book, <em><a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=89400f8964&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for Practice</strong></a>,</em> coauthors David Rock and Linda J. Page described one of the core benefits of my work: “People typically are not aware of their internal questions or of the profound power they exert in shaping and directing their experiences and lives. By changing those questions, one can set in motion a different process leading to a different result.”</p>
<p>If you are a coach or any kind of change agent—team leader, department head, or CEO—the QT methodology can become an integral part of each conversation, providing intuitive skills for self- coaching, greater self-awareness, and improved effectiveness in whatever you do.</p>
<p>It’s always deeply satisfying to have readers and clients share their success stories with me. One such story, involving a company called Flextronics, was reported in the Wharton@Work Newsletter, which I reference in the notes at the back of the book. Flextronics—renamed Flex—is a global leader in electronics manufacturing and distribution in about 30 countries. Using the principles of Question Thinking, Carmella, the Senior Director of Organizational Effectiveness, coached to success the leaders of what had been a poorly performing operations site. This was no mean feat since it involved about 700 people in a site that had had the lowest scores of the 15 in their division.</p>
<p>Carmella assigned the site leaders to read Change Your Questions and share the book with their teams. She then coached the leaders in the use of a tool I call Q-Storming—brain-storming on steroids—ultimately solving what had been daunting and costly problems. (I describe the use of this tool in Chapter 11.) Within three months, Carmella’s QT based coaching was credited with the site’s dramatic turnaround. They moved to the #1 spot in their division and maintained a position among the top sites year after year.</p>
<p>A different kind of story touched me in another way. Jason, a workshop participant, talked about coming home to find his wife Pam in a panic in his basement office. Water poured down from a flood in the kitchen above, threatening his computer and media equipment. Jason told us, “The old me would have snapped into blame mode.” Instead, his Question Thinking skills kicked in. He took a deep breath and told himself, “This is not about blame.” Instead, he asked himself, “What do I need to do right away? How do we stop the flood?” He quickly shut off the water and called the plumber. In his soggy downstairs office, Pam sobbed, “This was your whole world, Jason. And I nearly ruined it.” Jason said that thanks to learning Question Thinking, he had the presence of mind to reply, “No, Sweetheart, you’re my whole world.” He later told me, “At that moment I knew it was time to let go of what I’d collected and never let anything ruin what was really important in my life.”</p>
<p>These stories illustrate the universal applicability of Question Thinking. At work it’s useful regardless of your role or where you are in your career; that’s why it’s so widely used in businesses and organizations. As a benefit in our personal lives, readers gain new tools and skills to make their lives and relationships happier and more fulfilled.</p>
<p>When, with well over 400,000 copies sold, my publisher asked me to write a fourth edition of this book, I took the opportunity to expand on what I’d learned over the years from my clients, students, and workshop participants. Their contributions have been invaluable and have often helped me to see new applications of QT. Notably, for 10 years my wonderful students in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University taught me much that has expanded my thinking about Inquiring Leadership. I’ve woven what my clients and students taught me into the book in the form of stories and anecdotes, and used these insights to enhance the practical application of the QT tools you’ll find near the back of the book.</p>
<p>Because so many people and organizations requested it, I’ve added a book Discussion Guide, describing ways to have the most meaningful conversations about the concepts and tools in this book. You’ll also find a glossary for quickly clarifying the main terms in the book.</p>
<p>I’m especially excited about integrating some of the fascinating discoveries in the burgeoning world of neuroscience. There’s a whole new chapter in the story about what brain scientists have discovered about our responses to everyday challenges, fostering a new appreciation for the brain’s ability to constantly expand its abilities. These discoveries help us understand how Question Thinking can profoundly impact what we are able to achieve in personal progress as well as with team and leadership development. Gaining a sense of what the neurosciences can teach us about mindsets not only helps to demystify the process of change, but it can also provide us with confidence in the possibility and “how to” of change, building resilience and positive habits.</p>
<p>In The Art of the Question, my first book, I wrote that “with our questions we make the world.” Questions open our minds, our eyes, and our hearts. With our questions we learn, connect, and create. We are smarter, more productive, and able to get better results. We shift our orientation from fixed opinions and easy answers to curiosity, thoughtful questions, and open-minded conversations, lighting the way to collaboration, deeper connections, discovery, and innovation. I have a vision of workplaces and a society—of individuals, families, organizations, and communities— that are vibrant with this spirit of inquiry and possibility.</p>
<p>If the power of self-coaching appeals to you, check out the <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=e02350c379&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><em><strong>Change Your Questions, Change Your Life Workbook: Master Your Mindset Using Question Thinking.</strong></em></a></p>
<p>Now it’s time to meet Ben—the fictional character I’ve created to represent my ideas in this book. You’re about to discover, in Ben’s own words, how changing your questions really can change your life.</p>
<h4>Note from Bob: Now that you read Dr. Marilee's introduction to her 4th Edition of <em> <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=a528c32fcc&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">"Change Your Questions, Change Your Life"</a></em> you will to get your hands on her book! You can order it today by clicking <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=5eb0d1f9a3&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">HERE</a></h4>
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<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</h3>
<p><a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=00becc2927&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Marilee Adams, PhD,</strong></a> award-winning author, is a pioneer in the fields of inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. The originator of the Question Thinking methodologies, she is CEO and founder of the <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=6da9cf38e2&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Inquiry Institute</strong></a> and a consultant for organizations large and small. Dr. Adams is an affiliate instructor for Weatherhead’s Executive Education Program at Case Western Reserve University and for ten years was an adjunct professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.</p>
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<div class="td-excerpt">“The carefully researched study of Christian history has a purpose beyond merely knowing what happened. Embedded in every chapter, episode and life are lessons for us, for our churches, and for society.”</div>
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<div class="td-excerpt">Today could be the day you stop hurting and start helping yourself when you step out of the pain and into the promise that God has for your ministry assignment.</div>
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RESOURCE: Rethink Planning as Responding to Opportunity
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-rethink-planning-as-opportunity-leadership
2022-06-17T18:36:54.000Z
2022-06-17T18:36:54.000Z
Reimagine Curator
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>RESOURCE: Rethink Planning as Responding to Opportunity</strong></em></span></p>
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RESOURCE: Gain a Better Understanding of Discipleship
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-gain-a-better-understanding-of-discipleship
2022-06-14T16:00:57.000Z
2022-06-14T16:00:57.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><strong style="font-size:1.5em;">RESOURCE: Gain a Better Understanding of Discipleship</strong></p>
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<p>Jesus calls us to both <em>be</em> disciples and <em>make</em> disciples, but what does discipleship look like today? Is it more than just believing in God?</p>
<p>To dispel any confusion about what discipleship is and how it can impact your life, we’ve created a brief yet powerful eBook that takes a look at this topic, giving several examples and plenty of scriptural support.</p>
<p>In <em>Discipleship 101</em>, you will find answers to the following questions and more: </p>
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<li>What exactly is discipleship? </li>
<li>What does discipleship look like in everyday life? </li>
<li>What’s a good approach for inviting someone to follow Jesus with you? </li>
<li>What does it look like to pray with someone? </li>
<li>How do you study the Bible with someone?</li>
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<h3>Download this FREE eBook, Discipleship 101!</h3>
<p>Discipleship doesn’t have to be complicated. You have what it takes. To grow in Christ and help others do the same. Your gifts, heart, and relationship with God are all you need to get started. We can help!</p>
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RESOURCE: From Institutional to Missional
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-from-institutional-to-missional
2022-06-03T21:50:54.000Z
2022-06-03T21:50:54.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>RESOURCE: From Institutional to Missional</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10535778692,original{{/staticFileLink}}">Institutional to Missional Church.pdf</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><a href="https://d125sq04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/2M+113/d125sQ04/VWMhB58gkkQxW8HT-V199RJDZW5XFwz14KRxt5N3JhCGm3q905V1-WJV7CgVklW99__w_8H_Ym1W3_kZf38lcptvW5dRJH87099HTVTf6DS9713CXW3lC6Ml5YJN0mW44r4sw7-lzdmW4G_6_x3-jKWdW1-CFpg97G4f_W4DQrwt8cDNlqW1Q29dc3cNqhhM1dfn0Z_QRbW3nv-8l8ZNN89W5bQyHz4xZ-22W98382Q6VW77HW7vwMWj7dWmHHW7scR3h25GD4qW2QGwSq93-8n5W6pK1C_65_ZGDW4bsBhR7g6s3jW5PjFmr80bCDTW1H-6Cf7T0f28W19ptV96922_QW1bl-9W3yVy-kN4wPXz9TTRGZ399T1" target="_blank">View all courses on greatcommandment.net/events.</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><a class="u_1013829238 align-center dmButtonLink dmWidget dmWwr default dmOnlyButton dmDefaultGradient" target="_blank"><span class="text">New courses beginning in July!</span></a></strong></span></p>
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RESOURCE: Free videos to engage viewers/listeners with the characters in the Bible.
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-free-videos-to-engage-viewers-listeners-with-the-charact
2022-06-01T20:37:14.000Z
2022-06-01T20:37:14.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
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<div class="gmail_default">As part of our acquisition of the livestream company, <a href="http://sermon.net/" target="_blank">sermon.net</a>, in 2020, we also became producers on the Eyewitness Bible Series.</div>
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<p dir="ltr">I love sharing amazing media tools for ministry, it's what I've done since 1994, and now I have 165 Film-Quality short films specifically created to engage viewers/listeners with the characters in the Bible.</p>
<p dir="ltr">15 Brand new short films, the One Hit Wonders, have just been released.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Simply visit; <a href="https://bit.ly/EBS1Hit" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/EBS1Hit</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Created professionally with original musical score and with many actors from THE CHOSEN and other movies on a $4 million budget (and growing), these are designed to be given away and used free of charge and no strings attached to individuals and church leaders.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">In fact, churches can use (AND even edit the videos) for in Church use, on live streams, on their websites and even through social media with no prior attribution or permission required.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">View or listen, read, edit, use, share & enjoy!</p>
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RESOURCE: ReimagineSCRIPTURE...
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-reimaginescripture
2022-05-20T17:21:35.000Z
2022-05-20T17:21:35.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
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<strong>It's actually an update of a book I wrote in the 90s, but its content is still relevant because it answers seven crucial questions about the most timeless book of all—the Bible:<br /> <br /> </strong>
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<li dir="ltr">How was the Bible created?</li>
<li dir="ltr">Why do we need to interpret the Bible?</li>
<li dir="ltr">What is the Bible about?</li>
<li dir="ltr">What are the best tools for studying the Bible?</li>
<li dir="ltr">What can I learn from others?</li>
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<strong><br /> The book took shape when I was still pastoring FBC Midland. We launched a "lay seminary" and began our equipping ministry with a class titled "How to Understand the Bible."<br /> <br /> We sought to build a firm foundation for knowing the Bible, not so people could spout facts but so that they could consistently encounter the God of the Bible within its pages.<br /> <br /> This book is an extension of that work.<br /> <br /> I pray that A Light Unto My Path does teach you a few new things about the Bible, but I pray more so that this knowledge will be transformed by the Holy Spirit into a longing to dive more deeply into God's word—and thus into God's specific call on your life.<br /> <br /> Without consistent, personal Bible study, you will miss out on so much that God desires to teach you.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://denisonministries.lt.acemlnc.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZyYWlzZWRvbm9ycy5jb20lMkZkZW5pc29uJTJGYS1saWdodC11bnRvLW15LXBhdGglM0ZzYyUzRERGRU0wNTIyRTIlMjZtYyUzRGEtbGlnaHQtdW50by1teS1wYXRo&sig=5YPQKv4HC1pU8zzWgkskSmWqg6f6FX6fqTcgDhVp8Etp&iat=1653052953&a=%7C%7C27068980%7C%7C&account=denisonministries.activehosted.com&email=ANUXR59ivCisjxTgFHMHXA%3D%3D&s=193d951228bd07df0b0526a083379d71&i=811A857A5A16310" target="_blank">Please request your copy of </a><a href="https://denisonministries.lt.acemlnc.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZyYWlzZWRvbm9ycy5jb20lMkZkZW5pc29uJTJGYS1saWdodC11bnRvLW15LXBhdGglM0ZzYyUzRERGRU0wNTIyRTIlMjZtYyUzRGEtbGlnaHQtdW50by1teS1wYXRo&sig=5YPQKv4HC1pU8zzWgkskSmWqg6f6FX6fqTcgDhVp8Etp&iat=1653052953&a=%7C%7C27068980%7C%7C&account=denisonministries.activehosted.com&email=ANUXR59ivCisjxTgFHMHXA%3D%3D&s=193d951228bd07df0b0526a083379d71&i=811A857A5A16310" target="_blank">A Light Unto My Path today so that your personal time of Bible study may experience a deepening and renewing.<br /> </a><br /> May its word spur you toward God's word.</strong><br />
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RESOURCE: 100 Day Prayer Journey
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-100-day-prayer-journey
2022-05-14T19:44:20.000Z
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>RESOURCE: 100 Day Prayer Journey</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><strong>The Journey begins June 1st!</strong><br /> <br /> “<strong>The Tandem Prayer Journey is the most exciting thing we have ever done,” </strong>said Kaye Johns, co-founder.<strong> </strong><br /> <br /> The <strong>100-Day Prayer Journey</strong> includes a series of 100 video messages on prayer. We will share key principles of prayer—one small bite at a time. This journey is perfect for those who want to grow and desire engaging, short content on prayer that is Biblical and practical. Our guide, Kaye Johns, makes the journey fun and personal by giving examples from her own life that are transparent and relevant.<br /> <br /> Along this journey, participants will be encouraged to grow and strengthen their personal relationship with God, or to begin. They will also learn how to pray more effectively for themselves and others.<br /> <br /> Those who register will receive one email message a day. Audio podcasts will also be available.<br /> <br /> We hope that you will want to take this amazing journey with us!<br /> <br /> <em><strong>Be one of the first to take the journey!<br /> <br /> Stay tuned on how you can sign up June 1st...</strong></em><br /> </p>
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RESOURCE: Insure Visitors Return
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/resource-insure-they-come-back
2022-04-23T15:17:52.000Z
2022-04-23T15:17:52.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>RESOURCE: Insure Visitors Return</strong></em></span></p>
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<div>Picture this:<br /> <br /> You're a first time visitor at a church, and you just attended Easter service.<br /> <br /> You liked it... I mean REALLY liked it!<br /> <br /> But now you have a ton more questions than when you came to church.<br /> <br /> Questions about who Jesus is, questions about the church, and just questions about Christianity altogether.<br /> <br /> So where do you turn?<br /> <br /> Well, if the church doesn't have a strong assimilation program already in place, you'll have to rely on word-of-mouth messaging from other members, or hope that the (extremely busy) pastor will meet with you directly to answer your questions.<br /> <br /> The reality is that many churches don't have any process set up to move a visitor from the 'street' to a 'seat'.<br /> <br /> And that's what the CLASS 101-401 program is all about.</div>
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#ReimagineCHRISTIANITY...in America (book excerpt)
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimaginechristianity-in-america
2022-04-22T17:07:34.000Z
2022-04-22T17:07:34.000Z
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>#ReimagineCHRISTIANITY...in America</strong></em></span></p>
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<h1><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10432353488,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10432353488,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10432353488?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="431" height="662" /></a>Struggling with Evangelicalism</h1>
<h2>Why I Want to Leave and What It Takes to Stay</h2>
<h2 class="author-list">by <a class="author-name" href="https://www.ivpress.com/dan-stringer">Dan Stringer</a></h2>
<h2 class="author-list"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Foreword by <a class="author-name" href="https://www.ivpress.com/richard-j-mouw">Richard J. Mouw</a></span></h2>
<h2 class="author-list"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The IVPress Interview: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <a href="https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Press-Kits/4766-press.pdf" target="_blank">The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Evangelicalism</a></span></h2>
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<p>Maybe you’re struggling with evangelicalism too. If so, it could be for any number of reasons. Perhaps you’re disillusioned with the political platform that’s been confl ated with Christianity into a package deal. Or you’re grappling with how a seemingly 18 STRUGGLING WITH EVANGELICALISM Christ-centered apologist like Ravi Zacharias could have sexually abused so many victims by using his ministry as leverage. Even if you’re not surprised when famous Christians get caught doing terrible things, your revulsion may stem from a particular church environment that turned you off from evangelicalism by the way someone close to you was treated. The dissonance you feel could also stem from how the evangelicals you know have (mis)handled subjects like science, sexuality, singleness, or supernatural gifts. Perhaps it’s all of the above. You’re not alone.</p>
<p>Coastal cliffs are a mixed bag, offering breathtaking views but also hazardous landslides. In a similar way, evangelicalism can be simultaneously life-giving and dangerous. Much of the recent commotion surrounding the evangelical label reacts to one of these seemingly incompatible characteristics. On one hand, cynicism has swelled because hypocrisy, injustice, and abuse repeatedly harm those Jesus commanded us to love. Cynicism’s negative filter makes it increasingly difficult for some to see any hope for evangelicalism’s future. At the spectrum’s other end, conversations tend to focus on evangelicalism in its ideal form, emphasizing what it should or could be if we lived out our values faithfully or recaptured the best of our heritage. This idealistic approach sets a high bar with good intentions, but, like cynicism, it tells an incomplete story by failing to describe evangelicalism as it really is: a mixed bag.</p>
<p>This book proposes a third way that is neither idealistic nor cynical. In order to take the mixed bag seriously, I believe we can neither disavow evangelicalism on account of its brokenness nor minimize its complicity in ongoing patterns of idolatry and injustice. By grappling with a more realistic account of evangelicalism experienced from the inside, this book aims to cultivate appreciation for the gifts God has given us, even as we learn to repent for our collective sins. As we come to terms with a complicated space, we must neither yield to the status quo nor oversimplify the mess we’re in. Beginning in the next chapter...</p>
<p>Until we engage evangelicalism’s good and bad in an integrated way, we won’t come to terms with our mixed feelings about this influential space where so many have encountered Jesus in direct and personal ways. Whether you’re on the brink of leaving evangelicalism behind, strongly committed to staying, or somewhere in between, I desire to help you make an informed decision about your relationship with evangelicalism moving forward. Are you ready? </p>
<p>•Read the <a href="https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Downloads/Excerpts-and-Samples/4766-excerpt.pdf" target="_blank">complete excerpt here>>></a></p>
<p>•Read the IVPress Interview: <a href="https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Press-Kits/4766-press.pdf" target="_blank">The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Evangelicalism</a></p>
<p>•<a href="https://www.ivpress.com/struggling-with-evangelicalism" target="_blank">Posted @ IVPress</a></p>
<p>•From the Foreward:</p>
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<p>"Dan Stringer was once my student, but now he has become my teacher. I learned a lot from this book, about both the brokenness and beauty of the movement that I love. He also offers many wise, practical lessons about how to go about the necessary repair work. May it happen!"</p>
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<div class="endorsement-author">Richard J. Mouw, former president of Fuller Theological Seminary, from the foreword</div>
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<div class="endorsement-author">#Reimagine...</div>
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<li class="endorsement-author"><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/syncretism-breeds-pharisees" target="_blank">(You May Be "Syncretized" ... and not know it)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/beware-modern-scribes-and-pharisees-and-sadducees-too">Beware Modern Scribes and Pharisees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/the-danger-of-a-homogeneous-blindspot">The Danger of a Homogeneous Blind Spot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/chat-with-the-author-robert-tracy-mckenzie-we-the-fallen-people">We The Fallen People</a> </li>
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#ReimagineCITIES...withChurch-Based Community Development
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/reimaginecities-church-based-community-development
2022-04-20T19:34:19.000Z
2022-04-20T19:34:19.000Z
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<div>#ReimagineCITIES...with Church-Based Community Development
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<p>Join CCDA co-founder Wayne Gordon and CCDA board member Jonathan Brooks for a free webinar to learn the practices of church-based community development—presented by Seminary Now, Northern Seminary, and CCDA.</p>
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PRAYER GUIDE: 2022 Seek God for the City
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/prayer-guide-2022-seek-god-for-the-city
2022-04-09T16:23:13.000Z
2022-04-09T16:23:13.000Z
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<strong> <br /> It’s common for churches to emphasize discipleship among teenagers and young adults—and rightfully so. But if you believe discipleship is a lifelong journey, it’s important to keep emphasizing it for older Christians as well.<br /> <br /> The percentage of Christians who are not engaged in discipleship is significantly higher among older generations:<br /> </strong>
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JUST RESOURCES: Children-Culture-Neighbor-History-Worship
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/just-resources-children-culture-neighbor-history-worship
2022-03-21T20:28:41.000Z
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Bad News in the Gospel
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Michael Richter
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<div><p><em>An Examination of Our Message Compared to That of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark</em></p><p>Several years ago, randoh12 posted this retake of beloved Christian imagery in the humor Reddit<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>:</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9864816083,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9864816083,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="468" alt="9864816083?profile=RESIZE_584x" /></a></p><p>Provoking though it is, it produced surprisingly honest and civil commentary on the site. Most commentators took it as critical of Christian doctrine, so some off-site Christian responses were more defensive, doubling down on man's inherent evil and God's right to destroy it, but even then they could not get over the incongruity of a loving Savior bearing this message<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a><a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a>.</p><p>To me, the meme is valuable because it allows us to hear the message we preach from the perspective of those who have not been blessed with lifetimes of doctrinal conditioning. If we hear what is heard and know that it is not true to Jesus, then we have to ask: do we preach what Jesus preached? Why or why not, and are the differences right, necessary, and/or beneficial?</p><p>Fortunately, we have at our disposal the Gospel of Mark, said to be dictated by Peter as he awaited martyrdom. I don't know whether it is because his days were numbered or because of his characteristic brusqueness, but the account maintains a tight focus without much elaboration. We can guess that the author intended to present only the most essential information, and he begins with the Message. Here it is, in its entirety:</p><p>After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a></p><p>The first question I ask is, "Wait. What? What's the good news, again?" Well, "the time has come" points to an obvious "for what?" <em>Repent</em> and <em>believe</em> are responses. The context moves on to the story of Jesus recruiting Simon-before-he-was-called-Peter and the other first disciples. Which leaves, by process of elimination, the bit about the kingdom. That's <em>it</em>. That's the Gospel, according to Mark, and not even twenty verses into the story.</p><ul><li>No Total Depravity, abridged</li><li>No Hell or Damnation</li><li>No bad news in the Good News</li></ul><p>Seriously?</p><p>Well, we know that Jesus elaborated, but the author here is basically able to summarize it all as, "The kingdom of God has drawn near." OK, this may have been news, but was it really enough of a big deal to be Jesus' main message? Let's take a quick side trip to the beginning...</p><h1>The Long Journey Back -- Together</h1><p>In the beginning, goes the account, God carefully constructed a world that was good<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a>. This was all wrecked when people realized they had the power to counter God's creation of good by creating bad. The only recourse God had to prevent the permanence of the possibility of bad was to relegate humans to impermanence, the curse of death. The other prices for the disobedient act of acquiring the knowledge of creating bad are listed as pain in childbirth, gender inequality, toil, environmental degradation, and ophidiophobia<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>. Of particular note here is that the list does <em>not</em> include separation from God, outside God's already demonstrated predilection for what is good and the ramifications of impermanence.</p><p>And in fact, the account portrays God as reluctant to part company with the humans that completed God's creation. God personally warned Cain, the first murderer, against the temptation of that act<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a>, then later, when Cain repented, specially protected him against retribution<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>. It is written that Enoch walked with God, much as the first humans had done, and seemingly escaped death altogether<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a>. But all this was against a backdrop of increasing human presumption and violence. Lamech even boasted about being eleven times more violent than his great-great-great-grandfather, Cain<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a>. It came to the point where God could find only one family to commune with, that of Noah, through whose faith the world, and several species of animals, were saved from mass extinction.</p><p>And so has been the general pattern: God longing for lost relationship even as God must limit the way human lusts destroy and otherwise continue to push Creation farther from its harmonious and peaceful intention. We have record of an extraordinary event where God invited Israel, a nation that God had chosen specially to work with, up Mount Sinai to meet, but they refused under the same fear that Adam and Eve experienced upon learning their capacity for wrong<a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a>. Not deterred, God designed the Tabernacle, a mobile unit, in order to be present ever in their midst, but, to be honest, God's presence is a problem for any with an inclination to do wrong. So first the Ark was depersonalized to be a sort of magical charm, and then it was isolated at a fixed location behind a heavy curtain as a National Treasure, a temple. It wasn't where or what God really wanted to be. God wanted to be out walking Creation with every willing, extraordinary member of it.</p><p>With this perspective, we can now apprehend the significance of the Gospel: "The time is (finally) come! God is <em>back</em>, Baby!" God had been trying since almost the beginning to walk with humans, and the people/conditions that God needed to put in motion the self-sacrificial, redemptive mechanism to do that were finally in place. The arrival of God’s presence is, in fact, a bold announcement that can be rightly expected to be accompanied by remarkable things, if true. If true, it also begs a remarkable response. Both are recorded by Mark.</p><h1>The New Kingdom is Not Like the Old Kingdom</h1><p>After his three-line summary of the Gospel, Mark addresses the question that naturally arises next, “What is going to happen when God gets here?” Certainly, there would be an expectation of the power of a Creator. Also worry about how God would handle expectations for people. Mark goes through several distinct cases, which usually take unexpected turns.</p><h2>Personal Calling</h2><p>The first case is about how Jesus went out and asked some fishermen to join him.</p><p>And, just like that, Jesus started by rejecting the prerogative of power that requires things of people. He didn’t make an imperial proclamation and then expect people to come to him on their knees. Instead, he headed out and showed up unexpected to invite each personally to join him. That’s really what the picture of Jesus knocking is about.</p><p>No effort or action whatsoever is required to come to the Kingdom of God. No changing out of work clothes, or any other change for that matter. Jesus called people how they were, where they were, who they were. No, the changes come <em>after</em> meeting God, as a result of meeting God.</p><p>The Gospel of Matthew ends with Jesus’ final command, which starts, “Therefore, go…”<a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a> Here, we see that Jesus started his ministry doing the same thing.</p><p>God makes all the effort to come to every person to ensure that he/she will know God has really missed being with him/her. Is that how people feel when we share the Gospel? Do we require them to go anywhere or change anything to meet God?</p><p>So what was the response with the fishermen? Pretty extraordinary. Simon and Andrew, James and John dropped what they were doing and followed Jesus. “Yes, but,” I know someone will object, “Jesus was a divine persuader, and these men were at least honest, if common.” All true. Mark addresses those variables later in his case study here.</p><h2>Definitive Teaching</h2><p>Next, Mark handles the way in which the particulars of the Good News are taught. In the next case, Jesus, showing the same freedom as when he had called the disciples, entered a nearby synagogue and started to teach. People were amazed by what Jesus said.</p><p>What was so distinctive about the way Jesus taught? It lists here that he taught with authority. This came from a deep familiarity with Scripture, which he often alluded to. Beyond that, Jesus had an intimate familiarity with God, the kind that comes from walking in God’s presence. This allowed him to comment on the purposes of Scripture and discount the suppositions in interpretation and application that professional teachers had layered onto it over the years. There are other things one may notice where (unlike here) Jesus’ teaching is recorded: it was straightforward, high in content for the number of words spent, used lots of everyday illustrations, comparisons, and common sense, and often challenged selfish motivations.</p><p>This left a few distinctives in Kingdom teaching after Jesus. To start with, continuing Jesus’ precedent at the synagogue, it was democratic. The apostle Paul later instructed everyone to contribute something in every gathering of the Church<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a>. However much experts may master the technicalities of interpretation, the message should remain easy to understand, grounded in familiarity gained in God’s renewed presence, and open to being validated by anyone’s application. And Kingdom teaching continued to threaten human narratives, traditions, selfishness, and power.</p><p>God came forth to draw near and converse with every Good Creation. Does our “Good News” invite every listener to that conversation? In particular, those that the World has left out of its conversations of wealth, privilege, and power? Does it challenge the entrenched even as it beckons the distraught?</p><h2>Spiritual Cleansing</h2><p>At this point in Mark’s case study, in the middle of the story of Jesus in the synagogue, there occurred a remarkable event. A man under the power of a malignant spirit identified Jesus as the Messiah, God returned, and asked, “Have You come to destroy us?” With a rebuke, Jesus commanded the spirit to be quiet and leave the man.</p><p>Here is not the place to get into what spirits are. I will limit myself to observing that the Bible takes such entities as fact, starting with the Holy Spirit. It’s key to understanding such sayings as Jesus’ “God is spirit”<a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> and Paul’s technical meaning of “spiritual” as “taught by the (in this context Holy) Spirit.”<a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a> Let’s just say that there were maladies that seemed beyond even naming in Jesus’ time. Even now, after two millennia of medical and technical advancement, I would guess that such medical mysteries remain.</p><p>Jesus’ preaching was accompanied by the healing of these non-physical and seemingly untreatable disorders – in the individual and, by extension, the community. Jesus communicated not just “in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power”<a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a> In other words, or rather no words, the Gospel should not be solely rational or psychological persuasion. Just the word “God” means “power.” Most people would therefore expect that God’s renewed presence will make a difference – and make it particularly where humans are completely powerless. And yet, I feel, contemporary versions of the Message are almost always shorn of this power<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a>, at least where the Gospel is not being newly advanced.</p><p>But we have blinked and skipped over something curious here. What was a malignant spirit doing in a place of worship in the first place?! Isn’t that just the sort of place such things avoid? According to Hollywood, at least?</p><h2>Absolute but Anti-Destructive Power</h2><p>Notice the pronoun the spirit used: “Have You come to destroy us?” The story mentions only one such spirit present. It used the singular when it claimed to know Jesus, so it was not a conglomerate like that in the case of the Gerasene<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a>. It would be a stretch to think it meant to imply that Jesus would destroy himself. Who the heck is “us?”</p><p>I have a strong suspicion that it is <em>us</em>. The affected man and everyone else present in that congregation – or in any other in this corrupted world that may read this story.</p><p>How easily that demon associated itself with people of faith! I think it was not without reason, for the arrival of the absolute power that is our Creator would pose a bit of a problem, which is, “What will God think of <em>me</em>?”</p><p>When a schoolmate of my kids spends the night, we clean the floors the night before, lest we be exposed as habitually living among kitchen smudges and lint balls. Mind that these are teens I speak of, so imagine what sort of panic we might be in should God knock at the door.</p><p>“Have you come to destroy us?” Are we what God created us to be? Did God intend for us to spend our lives the way we have, ordering far too much delivery pizza and caring so little about all the others of God’s splendid creations? Never mind one or more spectacular failures we may have exhibited along the way?</p><p>In his words to that evil spirit, Jesus also addresses that fear: “Be quiet.” Be not afraid.</p><p>No, the Good News is that God is not only here but pro-us. God is willing<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a> as well as able – <em>for</em> us. Not that there won’t be a few changes – we just discussed how there <em>must</em> be changes – but they’re made gladly on the way to good things. What God wants, most of all, is just to walk at our sides again, as God created us to do at the beginning and called good.</p><p>So the spirit spreading fear? Jesus shut it down, and I wonder if that’s why he usually shut them down. They’re not around to help God’s kingdom, after all. They’re the original destroy-the-country-with-fake-news party, and ground zero for them are places of worship and organized religion. There, besides fear of God, they instigate “holy” wars and spiritualized exploitation and pious preening – all sorts of destruction and belittlement of God’s creations.</p><p>But this again invites us to look at what is often presented as Good News. If it makes people afraid of God, if it portrays God as a threat of Hell, even for some exalted purpose like scaring them into signing up for a church membership – isn’t that exactly the demonic agenda Jesus acted <em>against</em>?</p><h2>Physical Healing</h2><p>After freeing the man from an evil spirit, Jesus demonstrated that this authority extended over physical ailments as well, starting with the mother of the purported source of the record of Mark, ridding her of a debilitating fever. This sort of complaints being much more common, Jesus was soon inundated with people seeking cures of both types – if, indeed, one may make the distinction, as reporting physical and spiritual together suggests they are somehow alike.</p><p>A case of particular interest occurs climatically at the end of the list: Jesus heals a man of a persistent skin condition labeled “leprosy.” Similarly to the case of the corrupt spirit, Jesus commands the man to tell the story only to the priests back at the Temple in Jerusalem “as a testimony.” However, humans having the power to disobey, the man publicized the event immediately, causing such a sensation that Jesus began having trouble negotiating the resulting crowds.</p><p>Why was leprosy such a big deal? To start with, it was incurable, but then so too were many of the other ailments Jesus addressed. It was also mysterious and had disgusting symptoms, so it had become feared. It was something religiously “unclean,” so, in its permanence, it was considered a curse. Lepers were effectively an unclean class of people.</p><p>Therefore the uproar when a leper was cleansed of his disease. What had become of God’s curse for presumed sin? What did that mean for a social order built around abasing people deemed to be accursed? For these reasons, Jesus had wanted the leper’s story to be a testimony to the priests, the people that promoted that theology of accursedness and helped enforce the social order that placed certain classes of people at the bottom. It also happened to be a testimony of the renewed presence of the divine: “Now I declare new things.”<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a></p><p>In this light, the story remains a testimony to us, concerning what we say. Do we ascribe divine punishment to certain (i.e., not having happened to us) unfortunate events? Insist on rejection on even flimsier grounds based on doctrines or differences? Assume certain groups of people are beyond God’s desire or power to touch? Fail to apply, to even see as applicable, God’s power as a challenge to a social order where certain groups of people, for no inherent fault of their own, are abused and kept underfoot? Build our doctrines and practices around the idea of accursedness?</p><p>Here’s the thing: the record implies that Jesus knew all about Sin and the Law, but it also shows he didn’t insist on shoving peoples’ faces into them. Here, in fact, he challenges the people that do. Is the message we call “Gospel” similarly, just as insistently free of such pre-condemnation?</p><h2>Forgiveness</h2><p>As if deliberate, the author next turns to this very topic: sin. What of sin, whether linked to ailments or not?</p><p>This story plays out in Peter’s house, so no surprise then, the level of detail in this, traditionally reckoned as ultimately his account. Four men carrying a paralytic bound to a stretcher were unable to break through the press at the door, so they clambered up the external stairs and chopped a hole in Peter’s roof in order to lower their friend down to Jesus. One imagines everyone’s anticipation building after such a dramatic entrance, and, sure enough, the Christ was impressed by their faith. He rose dramatically to his feet and declared loudly in the presence of all, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”</p><p>Wait, what? Jesus!? It should be patently obvious that this man’s problem is that he is paralyzed. You were supposed to say something like, “Pick up your mat and walk,” and the fellow would go leaping and jumping and praising God all the way out the front door<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a>. Could Jesus really be so clueless?</p><p>A shock of silence gives way to a murmur of disappointment. Consternation among the weary friends peering through the hole above. Some grumble in the back rows: “Only God can forgive sins!”</p><p>But then it turned out that all this was at least partly to create a teachable moment. “Why do you grumble,” Jesus responded. “Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or ‘experience a miracle?’”</p><p>For the people in the back row, as always, were correct. God defines sins, so only God can forgive sins. Forgiveness should be the thing that is harder – nay, impossible – for non-gods to pronounce. Most Christians know as well as any Pharisee that being saved is a divine thing, as opposed to merely being healthy – if, indeed, those are different kinds of things (because the same root word is used to describe both in both our language and scripture).</p><p>But on the other hand, there is no remarkable, visible sign of being forgiven, unless one counts the snot and tears that many say should precede it. Salvation is unseeable; it can only be taken by faith on the part of the forgiven and by the onlookers of the forgiven. So from this perspective, God’s forgiveness should be <em>easier</em> to say – at least among the faith blind, who have no ability to immediately verify the outcome either way. Talk, as is said, is cheap.</p><p>So, in this way Jesus got everybody wondering. And <em>then</em> he healed the man.</p><p>So now what is one to think? Since he did the remarkable thing with the second thing he said, what happened with the first thing he said? Well, if his second word came true, then the first one must have. As C.S. Lewis once noted, a person cannot be simultaneously a great prophet and a liar. But if the first word came true, and only God can forgive sin, then Jesus is… Jesus must be himself the Good News of the presence of God that he preached!</p><p>So there you go, all of you that say Jesus never claimed to be God, but the wrecking ball that is this story is still swinging. How, for example, does it fit the standard evangelical understanding of Gospel? Let us count the ways…</p><ul><li><strong>Paralytic was assumed to be sinful without any evidence beyond being hauled about by people who felt no compunction about destroying someone else’s property.</strong> Well, that’s inherent sin. Check!</li><li><strong>Paralytic was forgiven without any repentance on his part or confession of faith.</strong> Um… Well, his friends’ sinful destruction of someone else’s property was such a confession, if somewhat unorthodox.</li><li><strong>Speaking of whom, the paralytic was saved by the faith of someone other than himself, like what happens in infant baptism. Jesus makes that attribution himself.</strong> Well, I suppose Jesus being God can make any sort of unique exception.</li><li><strong>It wasn’t unique. Lazarus obviously wasn’t raised from the dead by his own faith, and Paul writes that people in his day were baptized for the deceased.</strong> Well, just ‘cause stuff like “third-party faith” is in the Bible doesn’t mean we have to consider it to be a fundamental to include in our Fundamentalism, right?</li></ul><p>But let’s get back to our theme. Again, Jesus is portrayed as acting out of his Good News of the presence of God rather than what we call “the Gospel.” He didn’t take the time to make sure the paralytic knew that he was unacceptable to God or that he had to believe in Jesus – Jesus just spoke God’s forgiveness over him once he had been brought to the Presence. It was completely unimportant to Jesus that the man’s doctrine be catechismically spot-on. Jesus apparently believed that people in God’s presence don’t <em>have</em> to hear the bad news about themselves in order to receive salvation.</p><p>But isn’t that too easy? Isn’t such grace too cheap? Shouldn’t it cost at least a little weeping and wailing? Jesus said the man’s sins were forgiven so easily; then said it was because he had the authority to do so. But is this not the same authority that he passed on to his disciples?</p><p>Perhaps we that claim to be descendants of those same disciples should be quicker to say, “your sins are forgiven.”</p><h2>God’s Presence Come to Rest with Sinners</h2><p>With the next case study, Mark rachets up the line of argument he has been following. Until this point, the stories have recorded how God’s returned presence freed the afflicted. Although Mark has cross-examined the presumption of sin in such cases, such sin, if any, was not detailed. Now Mark turns to the real deal: people who manifestly care little about pleasing God. At the top of this noxious heap, the worst of the worst, was the profession humans in all eras love to hate: the tax collector. His name was Levi, also called Matthew, the same to whom is attributed the Gospel before the one we are reading.</p><p>Now in those days, a tax-collector was not a white-collar government bureaucrat but a businessman that had prepaid the taxes at Imperial auction for the right to collect them. Although the emperor had attempted to reduce the corruption of the <em>publicani</em> by shifting a portion of the empire’s revenues to a head tax (famously requiring Jesus’ earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, to travel to Bethlehem to register), there were still opportunities to make obscene amounts of money. The wealth of tax collectors allowed them to manipulate markets and lend people money to cover their taxes at the low, low monthly rate of 4% (60% APR). Moreover, the money that tax collectors paid into the treasury supported the occupying Roman legions, so they could be considered traitors as well as dirty rotten capitalists.</p><p>But when Jesus met Levi, he invited him to become a disciple. Levi was a man of considerably greater means than the fishermen, Simon, Andrew, James, and John – he was the equivalent of a millionaire entrepreneur – yet he reacted the same way and abandoned his business without a second thought. But not before he invited Christ into his house, throwing a big party for many friends and associates from the loan-sharking trade – the Bible mentions he was a man of notoriety and influence in those circles.</p><p>This invited criticism from those that read their Bible every day and knew that it says that charging interest is a sin. They claimed that God’s Presence was out of place among the revelries of the Unsaved, but Jesus replied that, in fact, this is where God wants to go most. If God took all the trouble of working since practically the beginning of the world on a plan to reestablish God’s presence among humans, God wasn’t about to balk at one relatively tiny step more into the darkest recesses of humanity.</p><p>To reemphasize, what Mark mentions as Christ’s message contained only the announcement of the arrival of God’s presence and the imperative to change one’s manner of thinking accordingly. This story makes it more doubtful that Jesus issued calls for what we call “repentance,” because, frankly, throwing a big loud party is not that sort of response. What I’ve usually witnessed of current doctrine is the opposite: a demand that a new believer cut ties with their old, sinful friends. But really, which is the bigger transformation: someone that is sorry they were bad, or someone that, like Levi and the others, gives up his/her entire livelihood to do something with zero promise of financial return?</p><p>Again we are faced with the question: have we got a clue to what the Gospel of Jesus <em>is</em>?</p><p>We say God’s presence rests in holy (high) places that we call churches. People must be convinced by our doctrine of their unworthiness and mourn before we invite them there. Or, worse, we wait there for them to somehow be convicted and just show up.</p><p>Jesus demonstrates and claims here that God’s presence travels to where sinners are, announces itself, and celebrates its arrival with them. It is in spirit a party not unlike the homecoming of the Prodigal Son<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a>, only that which was lost was God’s presence, and the Son welcomed back home is Jesus. The transforming power of God’s presence is assumed.</p><p>Repentance, scripturally understood, is not regrets; it is abandoning one’s life to start another, like being reborn<a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a>. This can happen only <em>after</em> entering God’s presence. It makes sense only as a response, not as a prerequisite. Or, a better way to describe it, it is the senseless reflex of falling violently in love.</p><h2>Institutional Repentance</h2><p>This completes Mark’s case studies of the impact of the return of God’s presence on individuals, but now he zooms out to group level. The next case involves a religious practice, a fast, observed both by Jesus’ usual rhetorical opponents, the Pharisees, and by the disciples of John the Baptist. Jesus’ movement, which had come out of John’s and whose message had first been preached by John, could reasonably be expected to follow suit, but (following the celebratory feasting theme of the preceding story) they did not.</p><p>Jesus then explains with analogies of sewing new, unshrunk patches of cloth to old clothes and putting new, still-fermenting wine into old skins that have already been stretched into a particular shape by a previous generation of wine. These are, in short, recipes for disaster that can result in the destruction of both new and old.</p><p>I argue elsewhere that this can be applied to tradition in general, to the observances and institutions every group and generation of believers must properly be given to make for themselves. My church, for example, retains many of the decisions and structures from its founding 75 years ago, songs from 19<sup>th</sup> century revivals, doctrine from five hundred years ago, and a quick-fix discipleship format meant to cope with a surge of new believers about 1500 years ago. And then we wonder why our young people and new visitors don’t tend to stick around. The new wine bursts out of the old skin and runs off across the packed, hard clay.</p><p>But let us return to theme: the arrival of God’s presence changes <em>everything</em>. What sense, Jesus effectively asks in this case, does it make to fast for God’s presence when God has become present? The human reasoning behind observances is challenged by the new perspective brought by the divine. The problems for which solutions were formed appear much different in the light of a Creator that forgives and salves body and spirit. As for traditions… As we asserted above, traditions were a big part of what relegated God further and further away from the people he created. Both Jesus and the prophets railed against them, and here Jesus models a rethink of, a repentance from traditions.</p><h2>Mercy Over Observance</h2><p>But what about observances that come not from human tradition but from the Bible? Surely, if it’s in the Bible, that’s something we should do!</p><p>Mark addresses that with two final cases. The first involved how Jesus’ disciples plucked agricultural produce on the Sabbath. There is much Jesus would have to say about the Sabbath, but basically his posture was that it was more than a mere demonstration of piety or cultural identification; it was an actual exercise of faith. One day out of the week, one did not work to feed oneself but relied completely on God’s work to survive.</p><p>But here the Bible experts were technically correct in saying that Jesus’ disciples were “working” to feed themselves. At the end of his response to this, Jesus says something that completely overturns how observances and other structures from scripture (scripture!) are perceived: “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” What is written is not a heavy yoke of iron Law that will drag us to glory or bust; it is actually meant as a vehicle to carry us toward the presence. When it fails to do that, as when, in Jesus’ example, David’s followers were starving, mere observances can legitimately be abandoned at the side of the road.</p><p>Christians generally, if unthinkingly, take that to heart and do not follow most scriptural observances, including rules about the Sabbath (which, even when they did, they took the liberty to apply to the day <em>after</em> the Sabbath). Yet I still hear things like, “I happily sacrifice so much time from my week/money from my income to honor Jesus (so <em>they</em> should also)! We gladly sit through N-hour services X times per week because <em>we</em> love Jesus!”</p><p>This is not what Jesus demonstrated or preached. He approached us as a friend; not reigned from far-off, like an emperor, to exact tribute. Jesus never forced anyone to listen to him speak but happily attended parties (supplying the wine on occasion<a href="#_ftn24">[24]</a>). I suspect the day we use to honor him (not the Sabbath but the first day of a new week) was meant to be a celebration (he supplies the wine for that as well<a href="#_ftn25">[25]</a>). No wonder his “yoke” is easy and his “burden” is light<a href="#_ftn26">[26]</a>! It is never a burden to spend time with a good friend. Per Jesus’ words here, if people find something in church life a burden, then it is not Jesus.</p><p>Mark’s final case is sobering (as if none of the others were!). The religious experts brought a man with a shriveled hand to Synagogue, seeking to accuse Jesus of impiety if he healed him. “Which is lawful,” Jesus asked them, “to do good or to do evil?” It seems like the answer should be Sunday-School obvious, but the experts offered none.</p><p>We’ve seen this many times: people appealing to the “Law” to excuse lack of action to help save hurting, starving, falsely imprisoned, or unjustly persecuted or dying people. We know that, at one time, the Bible was used to justify slavery. It’s been used to justify invasions and genocide. What is Jesus’ response to this false reverence for Scripture?</p><p>My Bible says it makes him angry and deeply distressed.</p><p>Evenly applied justice. Mercy. Mutual investment. Life. Love. Hospitality for aliens. These are the Way. The return of God’s presence forces a reboot, a rethink, a repentance even of the way God’s people perceive and uphold Scripture.</p><h1>Making the Gospel Good News</h1><p>Having reached the end of our study, I have a few concluding remarks.</p><p>I’ve felt uncomfortable for some time with the disconnect between what we proclaim and what the Bible says Jesus proclaimed. All the same, it was a revelation for me to see this careful, logical, and intentional arrangement of material at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark. I suspect this is true of the rest of the account. It would be of great benefit to uncover the other rhetorical structures and figure out why they are there, what ideas they were so carefully constructed to support.</p><p>In my discussion, it may sound at times like I have lost all respect for Reformation doctrine, but this is not true. What is preached all sounds like ingenious ways to explain Biblical things, but then, I am no philosopher. I am just someone that reads Scripture and tries to figure out what it says, because I believe that Scripture provides reliable instruction and modeling for disciples. What happens to me is that I start to see discrepancies between that guidance and actual practice and understanding. This is what I am calling out here. Perhaps I am naïve. Perhaps the nascent theology of Scripture needed to mature, but here I choose to exercise my royal priestly prerogative to wriggle out of my deep doctrinal conditioning and see for myself, like a sort of doubting Thomas, but one that chooses to believe the Christ that is no longer present.</p><p>The difference that I’ve documented here between our “gospel” and that of Jesus applies directly to evangelism. We know that response to ours is tepid. I would agree that our context in a post-evangelized society is very different than that in which Jesus preached. But how much can be attributed to how unappealing our message is, how it must condemn and control, how very much it is bad news? We see that Jesus didn’t do that, and we see how people just, well, fell in love with him. I submit that if people never fall in love with us, there are reasons: we speak ugly words and act in ugly fashion.</p><p>What if we went out and asked, “If God were here, what would be different?” And then proclaimed that, as a matter of fact, God’s presence has been reestablished? And then expressed how glad God is to be with people, wherever they may be found? And then prayed for the implications of God’s power in their lives? And quickly proclaimed forgiveness and spiritual, emotional, and physical healing over them? And celebrated the reunion instead of making people feel guilty for requiring Jesus’ death? And then encouraged bold responses of love, however naïve and impractical, without restraining them by what others have done before?</p><p>That’s what Jesus did. He fermented new wine wherever he went.</p><p>The last part is the most challenging. I look at the responses to Jesus’ Gospel of God’s presence and think again about the implications of that Presence. Then I look at what my responses have been. I inevitably wonder, “Perhaps I have not heard nor believed.”<a href="#_ftn27">[27]</a> But the truth is, ‘til now I have known in part, but I am coming to know fully.<a href="#_ftn28">[28]</a> I’ve made many decisions that I would not have made outside of God’s presence. I am a different person than I would have been had Jesus not befriended me. I may not have thrown all away for Jesus, like his first disciples, but I’ve definitely thrown away… what seems like a lot. And every time I think back through it all, I don’t end up regretting that I did.</p><p>I feel God’s presence now. I have not stopped transforming.</p><p> </p><p><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1lqcbe/knock_knock_its_jesus/">https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1lqcbe/knock_knock_its_jesus/</a></p><p><a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <a href="https://atheistforum.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/jesus-knock-knock-picture/">https://atheistforum.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/jesus-knock-knock-picture/</a></p><p><a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <a href="http://www.geeksundergrace.com/christian-living/whatdoyoumeme-jesus-knocks/">http://www.geeksundergrace.com/christian-living/whatdoyoumeme-jesus-knocks/</a></p><p><a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> Mark 1:14-15 NIV</p><p><a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a> Gen. 1:31</p><p><a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a> Gen. 3:14-19</p><p><a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a> Gen. 4:7</p><p><a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a> Gen. 4:15 v.16 says explicitly that Cain had been in God’s presence</p><p><a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a> Gen. 5:24</p><p><a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a> Gen. 4:24</p><p><a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a> Ex. 20:18-19</p><p><a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a> Matt. 28:19</p><p><a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a> 1Cor. 14:26</p><p><a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a> John 4:24</p><p><a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a> 1 Cor. 2:13</p><p><a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a> 1 Cor. 2:4</p><p><a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a> 2 Tim. 3:5</p><p><a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a> Mark 5:9</p><p><a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a> Mark 1:40-41</p><p><a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a> Isaiah 42:9</p><p><a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a> Acts 3:8</p><p><a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a> Luke 15:11-32</p><p><a href="#_ftnref23">[23]</a> John 3:3</p><p><a href="#_ftnref24">[24]</a> John 2:1-11</p><p><a href="#_ftnref25">[25]</a> 1 Cor. 11:25</p><p><a href="#_ftnref26">[26]</a> Matt. 11:30</p><p><a href="#_ftnref27">[27]</a> John 5:24</p><p><a href="#_ftnref28">[28]</a> 1Cor. 13:12</p></div>
PrayerShop Publishing: Resources for the 6 Spheres of Praying
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<p><em>Praying God's Word Over Your City</em><span> </span>will make you more effective in praying for your community. It is a prayer guide that can be used either for a 40-day period of time or as an ongoing prayer guide to pray for your city. You can pray through with an entire congregation, or just as an individual who loves his or her community.</p>
<p>It is divided into 7 sections, each with 5 or 6 days that provide a Scripture, prayer points and a powerful prayer to pray. You will both come to understand God's heart for your city, and learn to pray His Word over it!</p>
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Prayer Guide ~ Praying With 20/20 Insight
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How He works <strong>His will matters each day.</strong> He is continually working, changing each child of His, arranging each day, rearranging each body of believers so that they mature—looking, acting, speaking, seeing, more and more like Jesus. It’s all so we <strong><em>see</em></strong> and <strong><em>hear</em></strong> Him more clearly. What is God doing today? In your life? The circumstances differ for each of us, but God remains the same. So, <strong><em>See 20/20</em></strong>—look up, listen up, discover and <strong><em>see</em></strong> what God is saying and doing… and <strong><em>Pray!</em></strong> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• <em>A gift to our network from national prayer leader/author Rick Shepherd •</em></span></p></div>