No not a misprint!! And on the day of the week when many celebrate the greatest supernatural event of all – the resurrection, what better day to talk about the affirmation of the natural? In the push for the manifestation of the supernatural we cannot do this with a denial of the ‘natural’, creation as [...]
In my blogging at this time I am writing about the need for the supernatural, and opened yesterday with the two signs Jesus gave to John – and in the necessary context of not being offended. Supernatural manifestations and social transformation being the two signs. If God is involved in his world. If those of [...]
Cultural and theological readings can be problematic. Healing can be seen as a culturally relevant sign of the kingdom’s nearness in the NT, but that signs in our culture might be different, for example. So to cut to the chase, my reading is that Jesus and the Gospel sowed seeds for total world transformation, but [...]
So I can get knocked for the title, so let me start there. Right language is so difficult to find. When our world-view is that heaven is not up there somewhere, but that it is a dimension that is in, through, above, below and beyond the material world we live and move and have our [...]
A couple of video clips about the economy and a quote from a new book.
I was struck by a few of the comments from yesterday on the issue of Western finances, coupled to the high praise for Chris Bourne’s article on the Arts (on the forum). So I thought worth a few tie ups here: A lot of prayer has gone into the issues of justice in the past [...]
Here is the question posed at the BBC web site on Thursday: Twenty years ago, the fall of communism in Eastern Europe seemed to prove the triumph of capitalism. But was that an illusion? Seems the responses are from ‘the extreme greed that we have fostered is clearly unsustainable’ to ‘capitalism has not failed it [...]
Tensions – yet again!!! Scripture is such a challenge and then understanding how to interpret language (biblical and our own) so often leaves us with a tension. So I had a little dialogue recently (and a big one yesterday on another subject that is buzzing – but another time on that) via email about a [...]
In this second interview with Paula Coates she talks of the very real tension of, for example, being touched by God, and even seeing gold dust appear in great quantities on herself and her children and yet living with the slowness of change. How does she connect the two? Practical, honest and also faith inspiring. [...]
Al with his wife have adopted five children. Recently they hosted a mini-gathering that brought together people who have adopted, together with those with expertise on the development of children, and a few others such as Gayle and myself (great to see Adrian & Pauline, Justin & Rachel there – awesome people). Al shares some [...]
Much of the material that will be central to these posts will cover perspectives on the 'gates' of society, the places of influence that shape the culture. If transformation is a desired outcome, such aspects as strategic prayer and understanding the redemptive gifts of places will play their part. As prayer opens up space, filling it will be vital, not in a controlling, top-down sense, but with a servant spirit. Finding appropriate terminology is difficult. Maybe 'transformation' is not the right term, perhaps 'transfiguration', where inner qualities burst through.
I have chosen to use the term 'gates' and although they can be defined any number of ways these are the seven ways I have chosen to group them by:
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I believe in the supernatural #4
I could also post this as an ‘interesting Scripture’. 1 Cor 11:30: “That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.” Interesting world-views expressed here and also interesting when we try to interpret it from a western one. (And desperately not trying to claim my world-view is able to interpret [...]