{"id":37427,"date":"2024-04-11T22:27:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T05:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=37427"},"modified":"2024-04-11T22:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T05:27:48","slug":"strange-world-but-not-so-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/strange-world-but-not-so-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange world… but not so new"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sit here trying to remember what I heard when listening to Trueman explain Strange New World in an interview, I am drawing a blank to his explanations. What does stand out to me is how he laughed when speaking about homosexuality and transgender individuals. Many jokes have been made about this subject but as he laughed I thought about those individuals as people. I also thought of how our Christian leadership would affect individuals if they heard us laughing at who they chose to be. How many souls could be brought to Christ if we made individuals feel low?<\/p>\n

Sexual immorality is not new. The Bible warns us of days when these things will come to pass. The Bible also taught us that it is God’s job to judge those things. I agree that the world is going in the opposite direction of the Bible, but as leaders can we do our part? As stated many times before, in many blogs, and in many video assignments; we must love one another. In loving one another it does not involve making another person feel condemned, inferior, or low. In loving one another we offer Jesus and his principles. It is up to those individuals to accept or decline, but it is unfortunate if our actions cause that decline.<\/p>\n

In a world filled with destruction, I imagine that discipleship would be a better remedy for changing the world. Jesus in John 13 states \u201cA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this, all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.\u201d I believe that this command is as effective as we will ever get as more is accepted less is rejected. We will not get there laughing at a person’s choice.<\/p>\n

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Discipleship<\/h3>\n

Matthew 28:18-20<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c\u200b\u200bAnd Jesus came and said to them, \u2018All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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Mark 16:15<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd He said to them, \u2018Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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John 13:15-17<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Acts 1:8<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Acts 5:42<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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