The Heart of It All - Jesus is Lord. So, now what? The first main principle that Hirsch lays out is that of disciple making. The development of disciples has taken on a new cool twist recently with all the emphasis on the Jewish life and what a Rabbi really is and therefore what it means to be a disciple. Hirsch steps in a provides a clear, succinct, and challenging picture of what discipleship...
Socrates said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." This is my feeble attempt at examining my life.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Forgotten Ways, Part 3
Hirsch gets going into the "heart of it all" in chapter 3. This chapter lays out the necessity for Jesus to be Lord. This is the center of mDNA, oh, wait, I am ahead of myself. What is mDNA? This is the organic coding for Apostolic Genius. What is Apostolic Genius?Well, it's the results of mDNA.Enough playing around. mDNA is comprised of the five key principles along with the driving story that...
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Forgotten Ways, Part 2
As it turns out chapter 2 is all about the role of Christendom and institutional Christianity. Who knew? So, again I will outline the chapter and then give you my thoughts on it.Hirsch begins by arguing that the natural way of things is to default back to that which is comfortable and known. He quotes the great philosopher Bono from U2, "stuck in a moment and now [we] can't get out of it". Whenever...
Friday, May 16, 2008
The Forgotten Ways, Part 1a
So, I realized that there was one other thing running through my mind from the introduction and first chapter. Hirsch begins to make a distinction between Christianity and Christendom. This is what he calls the difference between institution and organic growth.The thing that caught my mind was the role of the institutional church. Doug and I were talking about this on Wednesday at the Bean and...
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Forgotten Ways, Part 1
I have a direction for this blog which is exciting. This summer I am interning at my local church. Currently our church is going through a transition from a "come and see" model to a "go and tell" model. Our pastor and has been encouraging our elders to consider deeply what it means to be the Church. In the midst of this transition I am coming alongside Doug (my pastor) and seeking to learn what...
Monday, May 5, 2008
>The "be with" factor
>Submitted by Robin SchmidtMy hands are full, my plate, my to do list. All full. That is the state of our culture. Busy, busy, busy. We are stressed from it. We are tired.So why do we do it?Because it is easier.Really.Being busy doing things is MUCH easier than being with people in relationship.We are a society that wants to know "What am I supposed to do?" If I am doing something then I...
Friday, May 2, 2008
>Fire Insurance
>Submitted by Robin SchmidtHave you ever heard the fire insurance analogy? Hell being a place of eternal fire, the "sales pitch" is made that Jesus is your insurance policy against fire/hell.You may be shaking your head in wonder or chuckling, but many of us do think of God in that way. Maybe not as fire insurance, but certainly as some form of coverage against disaster.I was listening to a...