I am Proud to Be an American...

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[/caption] ...where atleast I know I can buy, whatever I want, when I want it, and nobody can stop me. There are few lasting images in my mind like that of September 11, 2001 and the days that followed.  I remember where I was when I found out the World Trade Center had been attacked.  I remember sitting and praying with a team of missionaries in my home for the families, the world, and our country.  I remember looking at my son who was a few months old thinking what was his life going to be like?

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I believe in the Spirit! Well sort of.

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In my experience the evangelical church has a bit of an integrity problem.  No, I am not talking about the issues that just popped in your head.  I am talking about the Holy Spirit.  The last time I checked he was still part of the Godhead, you know the Triune God we Christians believe in? Yeah that guy. Our creeds give him second billing.  In seminary our professors tack him on at the end of a course and seemingly never get to him.  Yet, it is because of him that Jesus said it was better for us that he return to heaven and be with the Father.

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Your image or mine?

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"If God is not the defining center of our faith, life, and identity, then who or what is? (58)" Now there is a question. The Hirsch's continue to challenge our thinking in relation to the center of our faith in chapter 2 of "Untamed". There is nothing more central to who we are than what we worship. Missional Discipleship, at its core, is about worship. Worship at its core is about the person or object worshiped.

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Is your Jebus ‘Untamed’?

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Last week I spent some time reading Alan and Debra Hirsch's newest offering, Untamed. It was so worthwhile that I thought I would take a few days to post a summary of each chapter.  While there is nothing necessarily "new" in the book it is a really well done text that brings classic missional discipleship into an updated and fresh rendering.

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