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There’s more to Bible reading than… Being on your own
Part 1 If Quiet Time — ‘personal Bible reading’ — is working for you, that’s fabulous. Don’t give it up. If it’s a constant struggle, there might be a bunch of reasons for that. But there comes a point when you can’t just pin it all on laziness. It might […]
There’s more to Bible reading than… Quiet Time
• View all posts in this series We’re currently in the middle of an excellent campaign by the Bible Society of Australia, Live light in 25 words. The idea is to read one Bible verse — averaging 25 words — during each day of this month, as a way of kick-starting […]
What God has joined together: words and actions
You might know the quote attributed to Francis of Assisi: Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary. You might also have heard that he didn’t exactly said that. The quote comes up for discussion because sometimes we’re concerned that words, and gospel preaching, might be downplayed. But […]
Equality: practical steps
So, equality is a good thing, desired by God, but it’s not about everyone having the same so much as everyone having enough. It can’t involve condescension on the part of the giver and must involve empowerment of the receiver. What does that look like in practice?
Equality: implications for social action
In the last post, we saw that equality in 2 Cor 8 is about sufficiency, that is, about everyone having enough. But how ought the wealthy (read: any western) Christian think about their wealth, the surplus of their ‘enough’?
Equality: a 2 Cor 8 definition
When you think about social action, how much does ‘equality’ factor into your thinking? I suspect for many of us, the idea that ‘we have so much and they have so little’ is a strong motivator. We see the discrepancy and work to balance it out. In encouraging the Corinthians […]
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