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At the same time, there are
smaller conceptual frameworks to which Scripture not only lends
credence, but which can also claim some legitimate centrality. One of these is "ministry in daily Life," the idea
that God's people live their lives from within a deep sense of
purpose, thinking of themselves as co-workers with God in God's
continuing creation, redemption and sanctification.
The Bible presumes that all of
God's people live according to God's purposes. Wherever
they are. That's a basic proposition, fundamental to
understanding "discipleship," "stewardship,"
"church" or anything else familiar to contemporary
Christians.
To put things bluntly, if you
don't understand this basic proposition about God's way of
working, you may misunderstand all the derived ideas (see
above), or even forget their basis. (For example, if you forget
the "why" of evangelism, you may think it stops at
getting people to be members of churches.)
This collection of pages gives
you some places to play with ministry in daily life ideals that
come from the Bible. Read and think about what these bits,
pieces and chunks of Scripture say about the way the church
might be constructed as an institution. And see what
happens when you fit together all these parts of the Bible to
find patterns or big questions.
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