LETS TRY THIS AGAIN: Ordinary Radicals

UPDATE 2: It plays this time…for really reals!

UPDATE: OK, I’ve fixed the audio…it plays correctly, now.

A few Sundays ago I preached a message in my church on Exodus 3, the burning bush scene where Moses is called out by God, set apart, and sent on mission. It was a follow-up to my first message on The Missional Commission of Jesus (which I’ve turned into a weekly Missional Monday series.) I thought I would post an audio recording of that message for those who need encouraging that God does in fact use ordinary people who are radically devoted to himself to complete His mission.

At the beginning of the message I showed a clip from Prince of Egypt, so I would recommend watching that beforehand.

Enjoy!
-jeremy

4 Comments

Jason Myers on February 29, 2008 at 10:37 am

Jeremy,

You should take the hermeneutics quiz over on Scot McKnight’s website.

I got a score of 59, which means I’m a moderate 🙂
here’s the definition

The moderate hermeneutic might be seen as the voice of reason and open-mindedness. Moderates generally score between 53 to 65. Many are conservative on some issues and progressive on others. It intrigues that conservatives tend to be progressive on the same issues, while progressives tend to be conservative on the same issues. Nonetheless, moderates have a flexible hermeneutic that gives them the freedom to pick and choose on which issues they will be progressive or conservative. For that reason, moderates are more open to the charge of inconsistency. What impresses me most about moderates are the struggles they endure to render judgments on hermeneutical issues.

ha I’m the voice of reason 🙂
let me know what you get

Jeremy on February 29, 2008 at 11:19 am

HA! I scored 71…progressive.

Here’s the def:
The progressive is not always progressive. Those who score 66 or more can be seen as leaning toward the progressive side, but the difference between at 66 and 92 is dramatic. Still, the progressive tends to see the Bible as historically shaped and culturally conditioned, and yet most still consider it the Word of God for today. Following a progressive hermeneutic, for the Word to speak in our day, one must interpret what the Bible said in its day and discern its pattern for revelation in order to apply it to our world. The strength, as with the moderate but even more so, is the challenge to examine what the Bible said in its day, and this means the progressives tend to be historians. But the problems for the progressives are predictable: Will the Bible’s so-called “plain meaning” be given its due and authoritative force to challenge our world? Or will the Bible be swallowed by a quest to find modern analogies that sometimes minimize what the text clearly says?

better not tell GRTS 😉
-jeremy