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::The
Conversation:: May 16,
2006
WORD and SPIRIT
Bibliolatry and mystical fanaticism - we've all seen examples of them.
>From religious pundits blaming disease on some transgression of a
biblical text, to centers for "spirituality" that claim to know the
gospel without ever opening the pages of our central text...we should
be wary of either extreme.
John and Charles Wesley were strong supporters of a Christian life
lived in balance between those two extremes. On the one hand they
desired to read the bible as authoritative without allowing it to
become authoritarian. On the other hand they desired to be a people
connected to the movement of God's spirit while keeping such
experienced grounded in the root of our faith, the story of God's
redemption of creation as known in the Old and New testaments.
I think every time we ask questions about the bible, turn to it's pages
when we find ourselves in need, create art after being inspired by its
content we give ourselves the opportunity to interact with this
interplay of Word and Spirit as God would want!
In the asurity of the Word and the challenge of the Spirit,
Carl
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READ 1 Thesselonians
1:5 - How have we shown the words of the bible in our
lives? What explanation of the movement of God's spirit have we
discovered within the text of our Good Book?
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Upcoming Events
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Sundays, May 7,
14, 28
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LATE
NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, 10 PM @ Dick O'Dows in Bham
Topic: Your Cheatin' Book - Infidelity in the Bible
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Thursday, May 18
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Emerge Community Worship/Coffeehouse,
8 PM
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Friday, May 26
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Carl Thomas Gladstone
Live in Concert @ Adrian College
for the Young Adult Seminarians Network gathering
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Mondays, May 8,
15, 29
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LATE
NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, 8 PM @ Sweetwaters in Royal Oak
Topic: When Scriptures Kill - Murder in the Holy Bible
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