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Tapestry: The Holy Spirit and the Body of Believers

July 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Today I finished up the wisdom series, or biblical decision-making, at Tapestry.

Your preview:

"When we claim that God told me such-and-such or led me to this-or-that,
we disable the counsel of the community of God, another vital aspect of
wisdom. Who needs others to help if God is in direct communication with
us?"

This post offers how the Holy Spirit and the body of Christ counsel us as we seek to make good decisions.

Read the rest here.

Other parts of the Wisdom Series:
Part One: Want Fries with That?
Part Two: Knowing God’s Will
Part Three: Living Wisely within God’s Freedom
Part Four: Wisdom Literature

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Tapestry: Wisdom Literature

June 26, 2009 By 2 Comments

Little by little, I’m re-integrating myself into normal life (which includes my cyber life). We’ll reacquaint ourselves. I have so much to tell you about the arts conference I attended a few weeks ago and my Disney trip. And I have all sorts of special stuff lined up–some great guest bloggers with all sorts of creative tips and an interview with Josh Havens of The Afters (only half of which can you actually see since we decided to do the interview in his backyard as Apollos retired his carriage).

For now, I’ll tell you about my latest post at Tapestry. It continues in our wisdom series, looking specifically at the place of wisdom literature in decision-making.

A taste:

"By wisdom literature, I mean Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, and James. In
Proverbs and James, we find general guidelines for living a life that
integrates God and others. It is Wisdom 101. Job and Ecclesiastes addresses questions beyond this. The what if. 

In wisdom literature, we learn basic concepts for living the Christian life."

Read the rest here.

See you next week all ready to explode with exciting posts!

 

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Tapestry: Living Wisely within God's Freedom

June 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m up at Tapestry today continuing the Wisdom Series, or Biblical Decision-Making. Today’s post is Living Wisely within God’s Freedom.

A taste:

"God does not have a specific workplace, church, or geographic location
in mind for us. We can send our children to private or public schools,
or we can homeschool them and still please God with all three options.
He gives us freedom to choose these things as long as we seek to obey
him and serve his kingdom through these choices. And he will use us no
matter where we are or what we decide."

Read the rest here.

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Tapestry: Want Fries with That?

May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Today at Tapestry, I did the first in a series of biblical decision-making. I have a feeling it won’t be a popular series. When I’ve talked about these ideas before, I’ve made people uncomfortable.

A taste:

"I believe our spirituality is more influenced by cultural notions of
colored parachutes and mountain paths than it is by biblical wisdom. I
believe we prefer the comfort of pious language to the hard work and
responsibility of cultivating wisdom. But I also believe that as we
come to a biblical understanding of God’s will and wisdom, we find
freedom in serving him."

Read the rest here.

Filed Under: decision-making, God's will, tapestry, wisdom