The Saul-David Transition Part 4/8 But he removed Saul and made David their king ... Acts 13:22 Purpose-shift For those who respond to the Spirit of God, there is a purpose-shift occurring—a shift from gift to agape. Samuel's response to Saul's disobedience, "To obey [agape] is better than sacrifice [gift]", is instructive (1 Sam 15:22). Saul, like the contemporary … [Read more...]
God's Community
This teaching stream explores the nature of the ecclesia (church) as a Covenant Community.
Because the triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – are within themselves a covenantal community, and because we are made in his image, the ground for all human community is found in him—we are hardwired for it. Significantly, the Godhead is a relational unity-in-diversity. This demands a re-formation from institutional to relational and denominational to apostolical paradigms of church—a return to ‘apostolic architecture’.
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Heart-Shift
The Saul-David Transition Part 3/8 But he removed Saul and made David their king ... Acts 13:22 Heart-shift There is currently a heart-shift occurring. Saul’s ‘heart condition’ was why God replaced him with David: And when He had removed him, He raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man … [Read more...]
Paradigm-Shift
The Saul-David Transition Part 2/8 But he removed Saul and made David their king ... Acts 13:22 Paradigm-shift There is currently a paradigm-shift in how we view ‘church’. God is ‘fussing’ with our ecclesiology—our concepts of the church, the ecclesia. We have viewed the church through our particular theological or denominational lens, unwittingly investing the … [Read more...]
The New Order of the Kingdom
The Saul-David Transition Part 1/8 But he removed Saul and made David their king ... Acts 13:22. The transition from Saul to David typically foreshadows a shift currently occurring in the church. As I write in 2005, many across the Western church, including market researchers such as George Barna, are now recognising on empirical grounds (through measuring trends) that a … [Read more...]
The New Reformation: Its Spirit and Structure (Part 2)
... until a time of reformation Hebrews 9:10 Having established the deeply personal heart-foundation of reformation let us move from the individual to the corporate—from the new wine of the processed heart to the wineskin of corporate life. Like the 16th Century Reformation, the new reformation will be triggered through the unveiling of a truth. However, the unfolding of … [Read more...]
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