Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Discipleship Aids
I have found these short videos to be extremely helpful in explaining the life of discipleship. As we talked about yesterday at Eastern Conference, there is a qualitative difference between membership and discipleship. We are called to make disciples not members. I have used these in small groups, with church council and wherever else I can insert them. They are simple yet profound. My favorite is this one.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Either/Or? – Both/And?
The Big C* of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
- Personal Faith v. Corporate Action
- Saving Gospel v. Social Gospel
- Repentance v. Acceptance/Inclusiveness
- Law v. Gospel
- Law for Salvation v. Law for Morality
- Visions and Expectations v. Tolerance and Inclusion
- Personal Obedience v. Alien Righteousness
- Love God Push v. Love Neighbor Push
- Confessional Theology v. Process Theology
- Lutheran Heritage v. Ecumenical Fellowship
- Simple Piety v. Higher Reasoning
- Bible Camps v. Seminaries
- Local Mission v. Global Mission
- Congregational Decisions v. Churchwide Statements
- Traditional v. Progressive
- Word of God as Scripture v. Word of God as Jesus
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