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Jesus Dust: Should Wives Submit?
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A colleague of mine was recently engaged. And the question arose, as it often does: "How are we going to resolve conflict? Who gets the final say? Who has to submit? The linguistic structure of Ephesians 5 yields a helpful insight. Under the overarching missional heartbeat of this passage. V15-16 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.". This is the origin of the popu...
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Jesus Dust: New Wineskins for New Wine: My interview on Rose City Forum
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New Wineskins for New Wine: My interview on Rose City Forum. The bit of buzz in Seattle around my research into church planting in the city led to this hour-long interview. Host of the Rose City Forum. In Portland. The show has recently hosted such guests as Doug Pagitt. And Rachel Held Evans. The conversation ranged from the nature of religious life in the Pacific Northwest to the theology behind "third place" approaches to Christian ministry. You can listen to the Rose City Forum interview here. The Ki...
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Jesus Dust: Book Review: Christian Smith's Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture
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Book Review: Christian Smith's Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture. Christian Smith is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books including Christian America: What Evangelicals Really Want. Evangelicals: Embattled and Thriving. And very recently, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. And What Is a Person? Which was released in 2003. This th...
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Jesus Dust: Q & A with Bruce Reyes-Chow: Racists, the Zimmerman verdict, and Multi-ethnic churches
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Q and A with Bruce Reyes-Chow: Racists, the Zimmerman verdict, and Multi-ethnic churches. Bruce Reyes-Chow, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), recently published But I Don't See You As Asian: Curating Conversations About Race. In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, he was bold enough to tweet ". Oh heck with it, I'm just going to say it - I believe my book can help us to have better conversations about race.". When these kinds of things hit the newswaves followed so quickly by pundi...
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Jesus Dust: Third Places and/as Sacred Spaces: Innovation among Neighborhood-rooted New Seattle Churches
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Third Places and/as Sacred Spaces: Innovation among Neighborhood-rooted New Seattle Churches. This 'neighborhood living room' includes a public kitchen and lending library, as well as various programs. It was started by Awake Church along one of the city's most troubled streets, Aurora Avenue. Billing itself as an 'incubator for social change' this space includes a co-working office, a learning kitchen, an events venue, and a community park and garden. It was started by Valley and Mountain. Kakao is a ch...
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Jesus Dust: Light as a Biblical Metaphor Pt. 2
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Light as a Biblical Metaphor Pt. 2. This is Part Two in my series on Light as a Biblical Metaphor. Explored the three dominant biblical metaphors for light:. 1) Light as Goodness/Virtue. 2) Light as Knowledge/Vision. 3) Light as Life/Vitality. In this post, we'll look at how the three primary metaphors for light developed in the Old Testament get applied to Jesus and his followers. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. (Light as knowledge).
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Jesus Dust: 'Some Fell on Good Soil': Church Planting in Religious Ecologies
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Some Fell on Good Soil': Church Planting in Religious Ecologies. In the final section, I employ the most relevant theories toward an analysis of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO). A new church planting initiative on the West Coast of the United States. Based on the factors identified as pertinent to new congregations generally, I highlight some of the features of C4SO that promise to be either liabilities or assets. V 27 is available in its entirety here. June 15, 2014 at 12:57 AM. Looks like it is ...
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Jesus Dust: Defining the "E"-word: Evangelism as a Christian Practice
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Defining the "E"-word: Evangelism as a Christian Practice. In this post, I offer my understanding of evangelism as a Christian practice. As I develop this understanding and situate evangelism within the broader calling and mission of the church, I will compare and contrast it to the theologies of evangelism offered by William Abraham and Bryan Stone. Evangelism, as a Christian practice, is fundamentally a dimension of the Church’s participation in the activity of the Triune God. With Abraham, I hope I am...
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Jesus Dust: King 5 News Coverage of New Seattle Churches
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King 5 News Coverage of New Seattle Churches. This Holy Week, King 5 News in Seattle, decided to do a series on some of new church plants in Seattle that have been the focus of my dissertation research and writing, including Community Dinners. If you're interested in the findings of my research, I'll be rolling some of it out over the coming months here on JesusDust, so feel free to subscribe and/or follow me on Twitter @chrisbjames. You can also listen to my interview on NPR's KUOW here. The Kingdom (or...
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Jesus Dust: Being Educated Beyond Our Obedience
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Being Educated Beyond Our Obedience. I wrote a post. Some time ago about being a glutton for knowledge that I did nothing with. This same idea came into focus when I heard someone quote Niel Cole recently as having described American Christians as "educated beyond their obedience.". I wonder if we aren't damaging our souls by learning more about God when we haven't acted on what we already have learned. Are we becoming calloused to conviction? Being Educated Beyond Our Obedience Pt. 2. Http:/ www.chr...
