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January 14, 2005
signs
"while i feel we shouldn't seek out signs, there is something wrong if there are none." in my frusteration with charismatic or experience-seeking christianity, these were exactly the words i needed to hear in order to keep my faith tied together. it was suggested that acts as much as the gospels has a greater scheme, the bigger story was the coming together of peoples, the reconciliation or the new jubilee community possiblity. and part of that were these signs and miracles that point to the bigger miracle of the restoring of dynamic right relationship between God and human community.
there still is something to learn from the charasmatic movement. there is something going on with this that apparently hasn't died out yet, instead is growing signficantly in the world. but at the same time, we keep in mind how we can be complete followers of jesus, keeping in mind the big picture.
what are the signs in our community? if we are living dramatically different lives that point to the gospel/kingdom of God, i believe signs will follow. but am i living a dramatically different life from the average joe american? i was just through this with the economic sustainability issue. it was proposed to give up 5 shirts to gift and thrift this morning at bible study. sounds like a simple way to start.
Posted by Derrick at January 14, 2005 02:01 PM