A while back I edited down a few minutes from one of Rob Bell’s message at Mars Hill. I refer back to it from time to time and have also added it in a semi-regular rotation on OrangeNoiseRadio.
The message comes from his series on Philippians and its always a great encouragement to me to just go back and listen to the 10 minutes or so that I edited down from the end of his message.
Continue reading A new humanity in Christ
Intrigued Peter Rollins’ post.
I’ve mentioned here before that I think there may be something more than just a simple prayer or 4 spiritual laws.
When I hear “You must be born again” it really does sound like a new creation. It really does sound like you become a pacifistic because you’re a violent son of a gun, you build bridges towards a new humanity rather than building walls to further divide and you throw off the old wine skins in place of new fresh wine and wine skins.
It may not mean entering the womb again physically, but I think it has a lot to do with dying to ourselves and giving, loving and serving others.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
Eph 2:14-16
Just finished listening to Rob Bell’s message, “One Mind” focused on Phil 2:1-4.
Excellent.
I could probably write a lot about it but I may use some of it for our community group tonight so I’ll save it for now.
I edited down the ending though. It’s about a 10 minute clip and well worth the listen (or you can listen to the full message here):
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