The internal and external
Just finished cg just now. Don't think I will be going down to paste the posters, too tired. But then, I better get sub-council devotions done tonight. Tomorrow will probably heading down to campus to paste posters. I'll wake up early for breakfast to do that. Targets are science, engin and arts. I'll leave hall and bizad for Nestor. Then come back to do CZ lab, lunch and continue on outstanding tutorials: Field Theory and Discete Optimization. Choir practise at night and then i'll call it a day.
Have been thinking about what constitutes the internal as opposed to the external. There is a rising awareness of the sociopolitical impacts of the gospel, or rather how the gospel itself is inherently political. Usually the way this message is brough across is by contrasting it against a traditional intepretation of 'internal conversion'.
I wonder what exactly is meant by the 'internal conversion'? How did this term come up? What is the history behind this phrase? From what I can see and read, there is a lot of obscurity and dust that covers the question:"What is the good news that Jesus taught?"
I have since distanced myself from an intepretation of the good news that pits it as a religion of faith as opposed to a religion of works. The vision of the gospel viewed through the lens of the Reformation may be a little restrictive sometimes. From what I read and see, the good news is increasingly intepreted as a story: a story of one man's (Jesus) continued mission into a fallen world.
Amazingly all these questions arose from the prodding of relevance. I guess when people under the conviction of the Holy Spirit became uncomfortable with Christianity, they start to think.
When I was growing up in secondary school, I would hear youth preachers talk about the coming revival. I believe they are right. They are prophetic in a sense: there is the rising spray of fresh waves. It is not apparent now, but it is coming and will come; but not in a way that we all would expect it. When revival comes, christians from all across denominations will be utterly surprised at God's hand; and then the 'powers' will have to take note.
We are in for some exciting times...
Have been thinking about what constitutes the internal as opposed to the external. There is a rising awareness of the sociopolitical impacts of the gospel, or rather how the gospel itself is inherently political. Usually the way this message is brough across is by contrasting it against a traditional intepretation of 'internal conversion'.
I wonder what exactly is meant by the 'internal conversion'? How did this term come up? What is the history behind this phrase? From what I can see and read, there is a lot of obscurity and dust that covers the question:"What is the good news that Jesus taught?"
I have since distanced myself from an intepretation of the good news that pits it as a religion of faith as opposed to a religion of works. The vision of the gospel viewed through the lens of the Reformation may be a little restrictive sometimes. From what I read and see, the good news is increasingly intepreted as a story: a story of one man's (Jesus) continued mission into a fallen world.
Amazingly all these questions arose from the prodding of relevance. I guess when people under the conviction of the Holy Spirit became uncomfortable with Christianity, they start to think.
When I was growing up in secondary school, I would hear youth preachers talk about the coming revival. I believe they are right. They are prophetic in a sense: there is the rising spray of fresh waves. It is not apparent now, but it is coming and will come; but not in a way that we all would expect it. When revival comes, christians from all across denominations will be utterly surprised at God's hand; and then the 'powers' will have to take note.
We are in for some exciting times...
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