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Archive for May 22nd, 2008

22 May

The Work of the Church

I’ve tried to highlight certain assumptions: (1) the Church is made up of people; (2)that the Church could only come about after certain historical requirements were in place; and (3) that the Church’s leadership  is divine (in other words: God is the church’s leader). Following those assumptions (and an unmentioned fourth) I progressed to highlighting the Goal of the Church summed up in glorifying God by glorifying Christ. Such a broad definition leaves the most vague of us floating helplessly through a foamy sky of ambiguous vapor. Therefore, I want to spend some time looking at how that purpose is evidenced by the overarching Work of the Church.

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22 May

In Memory of Maria Sue Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman’s daughter was killed Wednesday night in an accident in their driveway. Video he filmed some time ago (which references the little girl who was killed here with lyrics here).