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Als benaderingen van November…

Geschreven door coldfire136: 14 maart, 2008

keepyourcoins.jpgIn deze verkiezing seizoen, dat is over presidentiële kandidaten het denkt belangrijk, maar denken op een gelokaliseerd niveau is belangrijker. Christus heeft ons om in onze context geroepen te spreken. Voor de meesten van ons, is deze context onze steden. Bijvoorbeeld, u persoonlijk weten wat uw burgemeester bevindt doe zich voor en de belangrijkste dingen hij gedaan probeert te worden? Weet u wie uw staatswetgever is of is uw assemblyman (of assemblywoman) staat? Kent u de inspecteur van uw district?

De mensen moeten begrijpen dat, terwijl de voorzitter een belangrijke figurehead in de wereld is, hij weinig heeft met de veranderingen en het beleid van onze steden te doen. Zelfs op het staatsniveau, neemt de voorzitter veel van de besluiten niet die ons leven beïnvloeden. Onze gouverneurs maken groot veel van de besluiten die met onderwijs, arbeidsrecht, en andere dingen binnen onze staten moeten doen.

Maar het werken door de stad en staatsoverheden zou niet zelfs de belangrijkste manierChristenen moeten zijn in wisselwerking staat met de maatschappij. De belangrijkste agent van verandering in de wereld zou de kerk moeten zijn. Er zijn zij die geloven de primaire baan van de kerk in de compartmentally godsdienstige sector zou moeten blijven, maar als Christenen zouden wij niet de seculair-heilige waterscheiding moeten zien. Alle dingen die wij doen zouden aan de glorie van God moeten worden gedaan. Alle dingen die wij zeggen zouden aan de glorie van God moeten worden gedaan.

Zo als een Christen die betrokken wil worden bij de wereld, heb ik enkelen eenvoudige suggestie dat-terwijl sommigen hiervan ons kunnen maken ongemakkelijk-zijn sommige manieren wij „de kerk“ kunnen zijn aan de wereld rond ons.

1. Huisvest een dakloze persoon zonder voorwaarden van de straten. If you want a good story that embodies this read Les Miserables.
2. Go to a board of education meeting to learn about the struggles in the community and make friends with those on the board.
3. Have a meeting with the mayor of your city to discuss how your local church can help make this city a better place.
4. Have your services outside on the church lawn, and convert your sanctuary into a place to house the homeless and the aliens with a full soup kitchen that serves meals daily and provides them with eschatological hope in Jesus Christ and his kingdom.
5. Meet with the principal at a local school and ask how you can be involved to help teachers in the classroom or in after school programs.
6. Read this story about Burmese immigrants and find out if there are similar situations in your hometown. If there are, find ways to help them in more ways that simply giving them money.
7. Volunteer your time at a local food bank.
8. Begin a small group that meets in the home throughout the week. Every other week you should meet to pray, fellowship, and study God’s word. On the other two alternating weeks, find a place that you and your team and serve directly in the community.
9. Throw away your TV and spend all the time you would be watching TV reading books on economic, social, and political issues to be an informed citizen.
10. Sell something of great value to you, and give the money away by taking those who can’t repay you out to lunch and dinner where you dream together about what the kingdom of God should like in our world.

Notice that none of my suggestions simply allow someone to throw money at a “cause.” If we are the church, then we ourselves should embody Jesus Christ as Lord day in and day out.

Author Bio:: Daniel Kam keeps a blog at www.coldfire.wordpress.com. He is a senior at Azusa Pacific University, and dreams of the kingdom of God truly on earth.

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6 Responses to “As November approaches…”

  1. mountainguy on March 14th, 2008 11:41 am

    that’s ok. but we (as church) should do this while making us apart from Caesar. The kingdom it’s not to come by dominionism, nor by any alliance with human governments/institutions.

    I really enjoyed your post.

  2. mountainguy on March 14th, 2008 11:53 am

    maybe I seemed to be a little fanatic. I’m just saying that we should help without waiting anything from government.

    blessings

  3. coldfire136 on March 14th, 2008 12:32 pm

    I mean to put this link in with the Burmese immigrants. It is a really sad story.

    http://weblog.xanga.com/papua2001mk/646912398/discovering-30-stranded-refugee-familiespractically-in-my-backyard.html

    Mark, if you could link that to number 6 in my list so people can read the story. Thanks.

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  5. Joe on March 17th, 2008 2:45 pm

    Thanks for the examples Daniel. I think that’s a good place for Xtians who want to witness socially to start. We are all part of local economies and polities. We all benefit from them or participate in them. I think its an indication of our rootedness in the communities and cultures around us. Perhaps God has planted us in these localities for a purpose such as this.

    Though I echo concerns about dependency upon “Caesar”, I recognize that for the vulnerable (and a good many Xtians among them) the choices are not easy or simple, because they are not as well cushioned by privileges as many of us are.

    To the list of activities I would add: Offer to accompany schoolchildren to and from school as Peacemakers. In Chicago, my hometown we have had a wave of school shootings. It is befitting for Xtians as peacemakers to take the initiative to stand with vulnerable children in such a time of need.

  6. Danny on March 17th, 2008 2:54 pm

    That is a great idea Joe.

    Thanks for sharing the idea.

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