Poverty Theology vs Prosperity Theology

Pastors often argue against not leaning too far on either side of the theology spectrum.  Somewhere in the middle is ‘right’.

Prosperity |<——— “somewhere here” ———->| Poverty

What if what American Churches consider ‘Poverty’ isn’t actually anywhere near Poverty?  What if…it was actually like:

Prosperity |<——— “somewhere here”                                             |Poverty

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What is your Time? Chronos or Kairos

In Greek, time has two translations.  One is chronos, which most of the western languages drive its root in words such as chronology, chronicle, chronic…  The word chronos comes from Greek god Chronos; a nasty minor deity, a glutton and a cannibal who gorged himself on his own children.  He was always consuming, never consummated.  The deity of the driven.

The second translation is kairos.  This is time as gift, as opportunity, as season.

In kairos time you ask, not “What time is it?” but “What is this time for?”.

Which time is yours?

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My Think Day

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THE LOVE YOU’VE ONLY HEARD ABOUT

Recently while studying the Gospels, I spent some time meditating on the baptism of Jesus, to see how he remained in his Father’s love. Jesus’ baptism is one of the most insightful moments in the Gospels. It’s like overhearing a conversation between the Trinity: “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’”

I had never before noticed the timing of this verse in Jesus’ life. Jesus was yet to cast out demons, raise the dead, confront the Pharisees, train his disciples, die for our sins, or be resurrected from the grave; yet, the Father tells him that he is pleased with him. Jesus, until this point, had been laboring in obscurity as a humble carpenter; so what was the Father pleased with? It couldn’t have been his ministry or his teaching or his leadership, as these were yet to happen. What had Jesus done that made the Father proud? He had spent thirty years cultivating an abiding passion and love for God. The only glimpse we have of Jesus in his early years is in the temple, seeking to be about his Father’s business.

 

Taken from: http://www.catalystspace.com/content/read/SEPT11–the_love_youve_only_heard_about/

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