Dig A Little Deeper

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Discussing a range of topics submitted by a live audience in this Q&R.

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A broad selection of theological concepts in our Q&A with Pastor Shane Willard.

Three friends at the microphone chewing the fat on the emerging season.

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Soft reset is in the bible, parking the porcupine & deactivating the exploding Hamster, curiosity is a good thing, refocus on practicality, where the rubber meets the road.  Your shout mate 🦘🇦🇺

Characters, the harshness of humanity, a massive redemptive curve, argument for a Saviour, don’t buy your milk from them, just like God, spoiler alert, baby Vs child На здравје 🇲🇰 

Did you say God did it, confused - frightened - pregnant, broken-hearted but maintaining integrity, embracing stigma, life is valuable, stepdad of the year  Prosit 🇱🇻

Incarnation = identify, limitations, frustration without sin, the sharp end of human brokenness,  modelling, imitation and speckled sticks, being the incarnation.   Bottoms up 🍻

Special reduction sauce, change agents, the portrait of God, the essence of incarnation, entering into each others reality, the kenotic lifestyle, the taste of those you meet, crucifying the ego, disciplinary structures that buffet you, replacing instead of reflecting, touching the leper, love as justice, incarnation in witness and presence.

What is a Christian?, turning up to the barren lands, cracking the compass, exclusive to our worldview, selfish Christians, embrace the darkness, genuine table fellowship, incarnational Christian mission, undermining the witness of others, who gets the last piece, an abiding taste of love, the novelty of spirituality, the bullseye of spiritual gifts, behavioural activation. 

Drying the lake, supposed to till, rain makers and soil servers, tools of the tiller, digesting without Jesus, a pavlova without any insides, the cross bearing discipleship factor, aware of presence, extra gears, slamming cups.

Is that you, one step at a time, everything becomes a byproduct, called to worship, negative voices and naysayers, the pioneer call, guard your heart, putting him first, who you are called to? Будем здоровы 🪆

Shout out Ambrose, Aussie meat & Sri Lankan curry, a different voice, don’t despise small beginnings, lives changed and a movement grows, keeping your heart, successors are success, Young people by the 1000’s, stop the meeting, don’t die in a Tuk Tuk, a strategic generation.  Будем здоровы 🪆

Getting to know God, the farmer and his wife, ever present, everything about me says something about me, tangential application, speaking genealogies, the meadows of our own imagination. Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө 🇲🇳

- Pop culture filters- Re-imaging God- Dig a bit deeper- Frames of reference- Neutral headspace- Make the Bible say what we think it should be saying- Faithful interpretation- Cultural filters- Engaging arguments from silence- Complicating everything- In the essentials, we have unity. In the non-essentials, we have love

Fundamentals, Linguistic, Literary, Cultural, Theological, context is everything… 건배 🇰🇷

Accountability, this is God’s story, human writers, Consistency, don’t mess with intent, Controls, the bible doesn’t need restraint - we do! Nazdravlje 🇭🇷

Studying how to study, framework you can use, just grab one or two things, John Walton, faithful rather than right, the importance of community.  Prost 🌭

The making of a message, influences, common goal, principles, connection, tension, content, real life, action. На здравје 🇲🇰

70+, point of first mention, literalizing metaphors, this is all one story, ‘fulfil’ not ‘abolish’, 3rd millennia cultural filter, the story is going somewhere, unredeeming images, individual waypoints, it worked even if we don’t know how.   Prost 🍺

Not wrong but less than helpful, atonement is not a dirty word, couldn't God just forgive us? a big angry version of us, it's other, God’s heartbreak, theories aren't solid, 2023 pop culture vision goggles, Christus Victor. Choc tee 🇹🇭

Time to end the transgression, online smorgasbord, tummies and belts. It’s foolishness, the place of humility, a disease called MOG’s, let us remove your disillusion, the temptation of spectation, unfortunately accountable, implementation over information. 乾杯 🇯🇵

Recorded live at an ACC Pastors meeting, we explore the opportunities the church has to reach and impact the next generation, specifically Generation Z. How we can engage with them and support them. The importance of giving young people hope, creating authentic community, speaking truth into their lives, and guiding them in understanding their identity. We'll look at challenges Gen Z faces, such as loneliness, shifting values, and the search for truth.

Connection to the creator, everyone worships something, things of wood and tin, bowing down to your own opinions, you God spirit truth, dust is dust, stuck on form, following ancient footsteps, surrender of will, not always convenient, allegiance vs autonomy, conformed to the image. Fenékig 🥛

It’s elemental, does it work, what’s happening in you, distraction, self-centricity, listening to your own prayers, we are the rabbits, role playing with God, doubts and fears compound, the answer is not in the problem, find a quiet place. Dô 🇻🇳

Warning: potentially offensive, St Stephen, 51 verses deep, savage shift, OT whistle-stop tour, humanity on display, an unnecessary death, saint-ifying people, bland insight, hope or accusation, how not to preach, anti-wisdom, circumstantial lenses, effective good news. 乾杯 🎌

What?! spiritual measuring stick, the rootstock and the branches, if I can ‘go’ I can leave, one dimensional spirituality, it’s who we are, duality, be life, rivers within, kingdom pot luck, ticking the box, out of the bubble, training wheels for life.  Sláinte ☘️

God is good all the time, myth of redemptive violence, where is the good news in that, partial images vs exact representation, God’s children tell the story, filling in the blanks with human DNA, the elemental definition, the love thesis, this is how you act like God, it’s bigger than this, the ultimate measuring stick.  Pro 🇮🇩

Culture wars, when your team continually makes own goals, truth without relationship, scripture is primarily written for a believing church not an unbelieving world, resurrection is the message, power not polish, social commentators, run in your lane, why aren’t we talking about Jesus Skál 🇮🇸 ❄️

Reading the next verse, the Jay Dubs, where’s my ‘landing coffee’, mud on the inside of your windscreen, personal filters, tempering our bias, post-resurrection problems, Jesus as judge and destroyer, sin is out life is in, identifying the real villain, God’s the good guy Egészségedre 🇭🇺

Live from Country X, go make disciples, His last command our first priority, this guy knows everyone, political religious caste issues, the Father’s love, from the inside out, no props, power not polish, willing vessels, the less you have the more you trust, moving in faith, miracles, witchcraft submits, joy unexplainable, sitting with martyrs, what to do next. לחיים 🇮🇱

Live from the Philippines, simple relational discipleship, it’s always about the love of Christ, simplicity, relational to intentional to missional, celebrate victory, eyes wide open, pagans pray long, start with S.O.A.P., wherever you are is your mission field, fold your blanket, character first, we’re partners, decisions at the grass roots, teamwork, not structure but disciples! Å’kålè ma’luna 🌺

Hey! the danger of sterile theories, softening your application, getting gracified, people - not books - make disciples, knowing their story, Kingdom character testing, fencing cliffs, disciplining other people’s children ΥΓΕΙΑ 🏛️

Reading between the lines, Jewish principles of interpretation, the not so obvious, when scripture hints, transformation trumps all, your heart is the filter, of Harlots and Heroes, don’t let your past define you À votre santé 🥖

We love it all, monkey see monkey do, about fathers, a heart softened by prayer, give me specifics, fire up, release them, sending capacity vs seating capacity, you’re in the army now son, Mr Bean & you, never forget the basics, over nourished and under exercised, one chapter ahead, stick with who you can see, deodorant is a good thing, just ask.  Zum wohl 🇩🇪

Our best friend, wisdom where art thou, when you know you shouldn’t, pay now play later, great servants but terrible masters, nothing ugly here, in the presence, no regret, good vs God, strategic humility, the safest place to be. Salud 🇪🇸

Going to the principal's office, familiar misconceptions, building with words, the love sandwich, exactly the same but different, hideous assumptions vs inspiring words, wanna get stoned, the secret sauce of the Spirit, it’s elementary, all gifts in all people, be a prophesier, can of worms, to tongues or not to tongues - that is the question. Santé 🇫🇷

We're pretty sure he meant to, show me a Scripture, looking for what you can get away with, is this a sin, all it takes is a bit of a push, don't run red lights, does that lead to a full life,  nasty things on Facebook, how to have a life that flourishes, pretty good advice most of the time, his heart is for us to flourish, it's actually a low view of sex, potion makers. Kippis 🇫🇮

Don’t own the outro, don’t just discuss it, please be Christlike, hearing without hearing, get out of the way Jesus I’m trying to follow you, hiding in plain sight, long before the cross, he must increase and I must decrease, he’s talking to me, the pronoun game, let him speak, pure motives. 🇨🇿 Na zdravi

A thought about Barabbas, not a back flip, the guilty go free, two sons of the Father, at the tip of a spear, Nazi Germany and occupied France, even Jesus had a zealot, no random criminal, I finally saw myself in the story, when we scream for Barabbas too. Cheerio ☕️

Is it I, doubt makes faith visible, good for who, love enters the pain, enemy of the Empire, breaking the cycle of violence, uncertainty, even for the disobedient, preaching in the afterlife, destruction reversed, looking in all the wrong places, a life giving force, Jesus rose from the dead - Will you? 🇩🇰Skål

Some of the best swearers, scapegoating problems, a life of profane, edifying the hearer, restless evil, untameable poison, slinging mud, contagious slander, a safety deposit box for children, white faces, interpersonal coding, stealing knowledge. Gesondheid! 🇳🇦

The sacred object, the fire of desire, cause trumps what, object desire and object cause, a ruined image of heaven, the memories of sacrifice, external objects, do you feel lack?, god as the anti-sacred object, fruit is the antagonist, forbiddance raises desire, urge to urge, ransacking the holy of holies, the limits of God's presence, static existence, an eternity of meaningful exploration, decisions that pronounce our inadequacies, never late in a v8, 50 million dollar version of your discontented self, christians charged with atheism, God is real, a guy controlling the switchboard in the sky, death is the enemy, the lie of self-importance, burdens no-one can carry. Stin iya mas! 🇨🇾

Dynamite on site, formulaic challenges, how you see God, the name of God, pieces of inspired dirt, set apart, trusted with breath, hallowed be your name, an epistle for all to read, the yes response, a 24 hour gift, the worst guy in the bible, a culture of wasting breath, anxiety, failure to be present, utilising your breath, swinging this sacred object, an excuse to swear. Le'chaim! 🇮🇱

No relish, a Labrador in the foyer, rest and cease, the sun having a nap, fighting the season, staying up till 3am, overworking for riches, smelling the roses, sabbath rest, how we need to look, good pride gets you out of bed, Jesus wants to heal it, training wheels, relax for easy power, get your no back. Skaal! 🇩🇰

Ticking off life goals, gen-z sounds cooler, you do you, your truth, give it up to find it, in control of my own life, fake authenticity, being put together, unfixed truths, 3yo’s unlocking iPhones, future on screens, getting smashed by what you prohibit, screen habits, be vulnerable but not gross. Le'chaim! 🇮🇱