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New Sciontist Manifesto

God puts his passions into the hearts of his people, and in partnership, we live them out. That’s called church, and the failure of many to partner for God’s passions has led to the Western Church’s current decline.

Still, the Western Church’s best days lie ahead. As the Spirit moves His people to again partner for His passions, churches will make two obvious moves:

They’ll retool for the next generation.
They’ll re-engage the inner city.

New Sciontists, those who study and guide the Western church’s heir, will accompany the Spirit at the forefront of this revival. This is the New Sciontist manifesto.

2 Responses to “New Sciontist Manifesto”

Shad, this is a great blog. I pray for what you are doing daily. Lemme know if I can do anything else, althogh daily prayer is pretty decent if ya can get it.
Your BIC, Keith

Keith Kaeppel said this on December 18, 2008 at 8:39 pm | Reply
Hey brother, cool that you could check in on us tonight. Sounds like we both would like to see similar things break out here in the Valley….

Shad Gilbert said this on December 21, 2008 at 11:22 pm | Reply

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Through triangulation, orienting ourselves not only by the universally accepted natural sources like science and archaeology, but also by God's Word-- incarnate in Christ and codified in the Scriptures, and additionally by present-day divine interventions, we ascertain reality. At the very least, when employed by a Spirit-led community that respects its own and other traditions, triangulation commends reality. And the God we thus encounter is great-- infinite, almighty, and surprisingly personal. His captivating personality demands our attention.

The interplay of the infinitely great passions of an infinitely great God can certainly leave our finite minds spinning. His passion to be volitionally honored accepts the free-will potential for dishonor, evil, and suffering. His passion for reconciliation accepts the sacrifice of His Beloved. And the wonder of these individual passions finds amplification in their confluence. We're unlikely to fully appreciate, or possibly to understand, the great heart behind the great hand we encounter.

Nevertheless, a sovereign God's passions are expressed regardless of his creation's choices. Our role in and experience of those passions is at play, but their transmission is not. The soul out-of-sync with its Creator regrettably creates a context for the transmission of his passion for justice, purity, and the like. For the good of all, through what the Scriptures call the New Covenant, God tangibly demonstrates his beautiful greatness by calling agents and making His passions their passions.

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