tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543501008707627198.post552484833839112193..comments2023-05-19T07:33:44.384-07:00Comments on Context is King: "Jesus: The Message and Model of Mission;" An Article ReviewJimmy Snowdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894669258065298483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543501008707627198.post-8546507686930872072007-03-02T05:44:00.000-08:002007-03-02T05:44:00.000-08:00Thanks for the comments! I really liked your first...Thanks for the comments! I really liked your first point. Extremely helpful. This is a lot of what I was talking about in an earlier post when I was talking about taking the doctrines of the Bible and making them your very own. It is an attainable thing because God is not distinct from doctrine. Can you expand on how this would relate to Christian mission? ThanksJimmy Snowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894669258065298483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543501008707627198.post-70964065044056639392007-03-01T17:57:00.000-08:002007-03-01T17:57:00.000-08:00Excellent post!2 thoughts came to mind:1. The mess...Excellent post!<BR/><BR/>2 thoughts came to mind:<BR/><BR/>1. The message of the Gospel is not a compartmentalized series of independent doctrines for mental assent, but a person: Jesus Christ. While the independent doctrines describe and point to Christ, apart from Christ and His preeminent focus in the Gospel message, the Gospel message turns from gospel to academia!<BR/><BR/>2. John 15:5, "...apart from Me you can do nothing." Edwards in his great sermon, "God Glorified in Man's Dependence," said it this way, "universal dependence." Dependence is both the fruit and manifestation of the sum of the fruit of the spirit; apart from it the fruit is not present.<BR/><BR/>LukeLukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602870593554154301noreply@blogger.com