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by bsteenbock
Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Neglect and Peace
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Views: 4770

Neglect and Peace

"Neglect in shepherding is tantamount to abuse. Without due diligence to the sick and strays – and healthy – a flock is quickly decimated. Consequently Ezekiel can accurately say that the sheep were scattered because there was ‘no shepherd’. The details in this account convey how extre...
by bsteenbock
Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:53 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Divine Preference for Human Agency
Replies: 0
Views: 4080

Divine Preference for Human Agency

My thesis for one of my master's degrees was on the subject of Transhumanism. I wanted to show how Transhumanism, as a worldview, is driving the development of most of our modern conveniences, medical research, and technology advancements, and that it sells a hope separated from the hope of Scriptur...
by bsteenbock
Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Planned from the Start
Replies: 0
Views: 3999

Planned from the Start

"Pastoral imagery is part of a larger redemptive-historical narrative that depicts God’s leadership in wilderness settings. Beginning with the original Passover, re-emerging in the exile and crescendoing at the inauguration of the new age in the Gospels, God revealed himself as the Shepherd o...
by bsteenbock
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:42 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: The God of the Wilderness
Replies: 0
Views: 4021

The God of the Wilderness

In the Caedmon's Call song "We Delight" there's a line that goes: The nations of men will rejoice in the God of the Wilderness I always loved that line. It called to my spirit in a way I couldn't quite pin down. I think it had a lot to do with growing up in the Cascade foothills in WA, whe...
by bsteenbock
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength
Replies: 0
Views: 3994

Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength

In Mark 12:30 Jesus says that the greatest commandment is, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." This is the instruction for all of God's people. But it has a unique application for under-shepherds who will be...

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