THRS 231 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Luminescence, Pharisees, Gratefulness
8 Nov 2017
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Should implies can -- time, talent, treasures -- caring for creation. Hospitality - love welcoming friend and stranger into our space. Compassion - love responding to the concrete human needs of particular people. Advocacy - love defending the innocent & speaking up for those who have been silenced. Witness - love manifested in word and deed -- to god"s love -- integrity. Hospitality can be a vehicle for cliquishness. Witnesses can act out of pharisaic self-righteousness. There are many gifts but one spirit (1 cor 12:4) Makes all the difference when service is rooted in a vital and dynamic christian faith motivated by love, modeled on christ, and sustained by christian community (250) We do best when we serve in ways that engage our strengths personalize christian service. What difference does christianity make to how we engage in service? everything. Stay restless because it drives us to pursue god constantly and practice his word.
