Thoughts on Joshua 24:31

I was listening to a Carey Nieuwhof podcast (CNLP 134) interviewing Carl George and Warren Bird. One statement struck me and then I lost the train of the interview as I mulled on that. My internal monologue/dialogue tends to be louder than my laptop speakers. They were talking about how many church leaders take seriously …

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Visions and Missions, Part 2 of 2

Thesis: Vision from the top. Round 3. The Bible is all about vision from the top. God spoke to Moses, and protected him from others that sought to impose their own visions. God sets up and takes down kings. God speaks to the prophets. The people are supposed to submit to authority in both church …

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Visions and Missions, Part 1 of 2

<Note:  I am using a looser definition of "vision" than some would like. I am not assuming vision necessarily means "vision from God." After all, those of us on the outside of the experience cannot say for sure that a positive view of the future is from God, or self or somewhere else.> No, despite …

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