When church & kingdom collide
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The document discusses the collision between church and kingdom in South Africa during a time of crisis and conflict. It describes how the crisis exposed that the church was divided along racial lines, with Christians on both sides of the conflict between the oppressors and oppressed. The crisis presented the church with a moment of truth to choose which side to take in the battle between social forces. It was a time to decide whether to follow the God of the cross who calls us to compassion and forgiveness over condemnation and rejection.
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The Catholic Church is in the midst of a great crisis. In fact, many commentators in Catholic media are already saying that the Church is perhaps already in the midst of a de facto schism. On one side, you have high-ranking liberal prelates pushing for major changes in the Church: same-sex unions, cohabitation, contraception, tolerance towards abortion, and many others. On the other side, you have faithful Cardinals and bishops fighting to preserve the True Traditional teachings of the Catholic Church.
We are living in the midst of the Great Apostasy in the End Times foretold so long ago. We are living in the period of a massive loss of the True Faith, just prior to the Second Coming of Our Lord.
In this 3-day online conference, we will cover in extensive detail this prophesied Great Apostasy in the End Times.
[Module 4] Christ and Culture.pptx
The document discusses Niebuhr's five typologies of how Christianity interacts with culture: Christ against culture, Christ of culture, Christ above culture, Christ transforming culture, and Christ and culture in paradox. It provides descriptions and examples of each typology, noting their strengths and weaknesses. It also explores how the typologies relate to different views on issues like government, reformation, slavery, and same-sex marriage.
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The document discusses two main topics:
1) Ways of heralding the good news of God, including praying for courage, being bold and persistent, telling everyone you meet, reading the Bible, and finding creative ways to spread the word.
2) Heresies that have emerged against the Catholic Church and Pope Francis, including claims that he supports homosexuality, gay marriage, and allowing priests to leave the priesthood if they fall in love. The document refutes these as false teachings not aligned with Catholic doctrine.
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Post-Communion Prayer
This short poem expresses the sentiment that worship of God should not only be through rituals like communion but through living lives that praise and tell the story of God at all times. It references the core tenets of Christianity that Christ died for our sins, was resurrected, and will return again.
Communion Prayer (How deep the Father's love for us)
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Communion Prayer (Matthew 27: 11-20)
This document confesses sins to God and others, acknowledging responsibility for the state of the world while also recognizing inherited influences and interdependence. It brings sins of thought, word and deed before God, undeservingly crying out for mercy.
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This document celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it means for humanity. It discusses how Jesus conquered death, giving people hope and new possibilities. It acknowledges humanity's failures but asks God to forgive sins and "roll the stone away" again, resurrecting people to spread life. The document describes a communion service, with prayers of thanksgiving for God's eternal life and a commitment to resist death and spread hope in Jesus' name.
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Broadway United Reformed Church in Worcestershire engaged more with its local rural community by creating gentle exercise sessions.
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Café Alive
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When church & kingdom collide
- 1. When Church & Kingdom Collide
- 9. Caught in the tension … • Being a sign and • Being part of that anticipation of the from which the Kingdom – a world needs ‘preview of saving coming attractions’
- 10. Luke’s story of Jesus: when 2 worlds collide
- 11. kairos
- 12. ‘God-time’
- 13. ‘Carpe diem!’
- 14. ‘The time has come. The moment of truth has arrived. South Africa has been plunged into a crisis that is shaking the foundations and there is every indication that the crisis has only just begun and that it will deepen and become even more threatening in the months to come. It is the KAIROS or moment of truth not only for apartheid but also for the Church.
- 15. A crisis is a judgment that brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. A crisis is a moment of truth that shows us up for what we really are. There will be no place to hide and no way of pretending to be what we are not in fact. At this moment in South Africa the Church is about to be shown up for what it really is and no cover-up will be possible.
- 16. What the present crisis shows up, although many of us have known it all along, is that the Church is divided. More and more people are now saying that there are in fact two Churches in South Africa - a White Church and a Black Church. Even within the same denomination there are in fact two Churches.
- 17. In the life and death conflict between different social forces that has come to a head in South Africa today, there are Christians (or at least people who profess to be Christians) on both sides of the conflict - and some who are trying to sit on the fence!
- 18. Does this prove that Christian faith has no real meaning or relevance for our times? Does it show that the Bible can be used for any purpose at all? Such problems would be critical enough for the Church in any circumstances but when we also come to see that the conflict in South Africa is between the oppressor and the oppressed, the crisis for the Church as an institution becomes much more acute.
- 19. Both oppressor and oppressed claim loyalty to the same Church. They are both baptized in the same baptism and participate together in the breaking of the same bread, the same body and blood of Christ. There we sit in the same Church while outside Christian policemen and soldiers are beating up and killing Christian children or torturing Christian prisoners to death while yet other Christians stand by and weakly plead for peace.’
- 20. kairos - a time to choose
- 21. Gethsemane – the God of the cross
- 22. Which son of the Father?
- 24. ‘What shall I do with this Jesus?’
- 25. ‘Crucify him!’
- 26. Eavesdropping on grace
- 29. Choose compassion & forgiveness over condemnation & rejection
- 31. ‘God’s people, transformed by the gospel, making a difference for Christ’s sake’