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E = mc3: THE NEED FOR NEGATIVE THEOLOGY

E = mc3: THE NEED FOR NEGATIVE THEOLOGY
FUSION CUISINE: JESUS, EINSTEIN, and MICKEY MOUSE + INTERNETS (E = mc3) = TAO ~g(ZERO the HERO)d~OG

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Hearing impaired (tendency to appear dumb, dense, and/or aloof), orthodox atheist (believe faith more harmful than doubt), self depreciating sense of humor (confident/not to be confused with low self esteem), ribald sense of humor (satorical/mocking when sensing Condescension), confirmed bachelor (my fate if not my choosing), freakish inclination (unpredictable non-traditionalist opinions), free spirit (nor conformist bohemian) Believe others have said it better...... "Jim! You can be SO SMART, but you can be SO DUMB!" "Jim! You make such a MARTYR of yourself." "He's a nice guy, but...." "You must be from up NORTH!" "You're such a DICK!" "You CRAZY!" "Where the HELL you from?" "Don't QUITE know how to take your personality." My favorite, "You have this... NEED... to be....HONEST!"

Saturday, August 2, 2014

The Church Is. Does. Organizes. But what is it? | to tell the truth


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The church is.
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The church does what it is.
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The church organizes what it does.


"Organization 
betrays definition, for better or worse."


The Church Is. Does. Organizes. But what is it? | to tell the truth: Take out any of the three and you land with something less than the church. Gospel plus mission minus community equals a parachurch ministry. Mission plus community minus the gospel equals a social club. And gospel plus community minus mission equals nothing more than a holy huddle or Pharisaism.

Inevitably the church must organize its life together, which is where we get worship services, prayer meetings, small groups, youth programs, service initiatives, liturgies, Sunday school classes, retreats, and the like. If you work for a church, much of your time is spent organizing the church. And it’s fairly obvious that what we are organizing are the differing things we actually do (worship, serve, study, convert, pray, celebrate, confess our sins, play, take communion, etc). But what this formula unveils is this: how we organize our churches reveals what we believe the church is. Organization betrays definition, for better or worse.

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