Introduction Introduction Slide As we sum up the Community of this series entitled…rebuilding God…we have tried to answer the we face today by contemporary questions…or challenges look back and reading into what it meant for the community of God which had been in exile… that we are in we are a And…in a sense…we accept exile today…because on I accept that we may still Heavenly community…planted here earth…and have lots of what that rebuilt community should look questions…over like… Will God we get it all right? Is that what it is send revival…when it about returning to old ways? about?...or…is then did Jesus so radically depart from the standard interpretations If so…why in our interpretation not be subject to that scrutiny also? His day? …Should Examples of current areas of criticism I have I think Neil encountered…and touched on some of them last week are… in the church Women’s positions Keeping Sunday Holy How we bear witness/be missional…proclamation versus social a engagement…and wide spectrum across such things… How Heavenly in the of alcohol, we…as citizens…live world…consumption attendance of worldly places such as cinemas, theatres etc… Even…the LGBTQ debate…
Introduction Introduction Slide As we sum up this series entitled…rebuilding the Community of God…we have tried to answer the contemporary questions…or challenges we face today by look back and reading into what it meant for the community of God which had been in exile… And…in a sense…we accept that we are in exile today…because we are a Heavenly community…planted here on earth…and I accept that we may still have lots of questions…over what that rebuilt community should look like… Will God send revival…when we get it all right? Is that what it is about?...or…is it about returning to old ways? If so…why then did Jesus so radically depart from the standard interpretations in His day? …Should our interpretation not be subject to that scrutiny also? Examples of current areas of criticism I have encountered…and I think Neil touched on some of them last week are… Women’s positions in the church Keeping Sunday Holy How we bear witness/be missional…proclamation versus social engagement…and a wide spectrum across such things… How we…as Heavenly citizens…live in the world…consumption of alcohol, attendance of worldly places such as cinemas, theatres etc… Even…the LGBTQ debate…