tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post478866382955739150..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: House of Bishops Day 1 (Fall 2013)Daniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-67693199957683635312013-09-21T12:31:02.632-04:002013-09-21T12:31:02.632-04:00With the celebration of the 50th anniversary of th...With the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the famous speech just several weeks ago, I would like to remind us all that Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream.<br /><br />God has a plan and a will to complete it.<br /><br />Totally different eschatological viewpoints between us bringing about God's dream, versus partnering with his plan that will be accomplished with our without us and despite our best efforts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083997696251544933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-17503422141416226702013-09-21T10:51:33.247-04:002013-09-21T10:51:33.247-04:002 Cor. 5:18 "All this is from God, who throug...2 Cor. 5:18 "All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation."<br /><br />Clearly the Great Commission and the letters of Paul have a Global vision of trans-national/ethnic reconciliation through the Cross of Jesus, the Church, and the Holy Spirit. <br /><br />The ministry of the Gospel and trans-national reconciliation has a cosmic effect of unseating rebellious powers, principalities and authorities in the spiritual realms. (Col. 2:15)<br /><br />The ultimate end of evangelism is therefore not merely the reconciliation of the peoples of the world to God, but the transformation of the entire cosmos with ultimate victory over Satan and the evil spiritual authorities in the heavenly realms. God's plan is to unite all things in heaven and on earth under one head--Jesus Christ. See Eph 1:9,10.<br /><br />Whether this happens through a gradual transformative progression of global conversion to obedience to Jesus, or through a more immediate refining fire of his judgement (also transformative), the call of the Gospel is the same: the obedience and unification of all things in the heavens and the earth to The Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><br />The Lord's patience in delaying the latter provides precious time to accomplish the former. Let us never take his patience for granted, but get to work.<br /><br />"The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." 2 Peter 3:9.Charlie Holt+http://www.revcharlieholt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-6693595159732130402013-09-20T19:37:00.072-04:002013-09-20T19:37:00.072-04:00What do I think of Dr Heath's definition? Not ...What do I think of Dr Heath's definition? Not much. It sounds like it came, unfiltered, right out of an ivory tower. I think it was +Michael Marshall who defined evangelism as "a ministry of introductions", and actually doing it can be as simple as saying, as our Lord did, "Come and see."St Michael's Episcopal Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622056104708014205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-50651649327021948352013-09-20T09:25:29.848-04:002013-09-20T09:25:29.848-04:00People might come to believe that we/they are capa...People might come to believe that we/they are capable of bringing God's Kingdom in after hearing such messages which are not that uncommon in today's church. When we do that, we typically bring in our own kingdom, something derived from human vision.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com