Uncategorized Atonement and the City: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 11) 27 Sep 2009 The Center of the Atonement The atonement accomplishes so much. As we have seen with the Christus Victor model: The atonement overthrows the power of evil! Other models present the…
Uncategorized Atonement and the City: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 10) 15 Sep 2009 Now after completing a trek, like that, through the Scripture and explaining that God has a plan to redeem cities it would be easy to mistake me for something I…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 9) 13 Sep 2009 Conclusion The Bible has much to say about the city, some of it is good and some of it is bad. We cannot gloss over the fact that Scripture often…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 8) 11 Sep 2009 Cities of Worship It is in this one area particularly that we see most evidently the effects of the Fall. All men were created to worship and each seeks…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 7) 10 Sep 2009 Cities of Cultural Development The ideas of diminished Fundamentalism may say otherwise but God is not against culture. Nor are “culture” and “worldliness” the same thing. Let’s start by…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 6) 9 Sep 2009 Cities of Refuge God commanded Israel that as they settled in the Promised Land they were to set aside six cities that were to be given to the Levites…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 5) 7 Sep 2009 The City as God’s Invention This is the picture that the Bible paints for us of the city. God instituted and established the idea. In fact He gave directives to…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 4) 2 Sep 20097 Sep 2009 The New Jerusalem As Abraham sojourned in Canaan so all Christians sojourn here on this earth. The apostle Peter referred to the Christian as a “temporary resident” (refugee cf. 1…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 3) 1 Sep 20097 Sep 2009 The City of God vs. The City of Man Babylon was a corrupt nation and one of the greatest (i.e. largest) cities in the ancient world. The words of their…
Uncategorized God’s Heart for Urban Centers: A Biblical Theology of the City (Part 2) 31 Aug 2009 The City of Man vs. The Semi-Nomadic Life The Bible records for us a period in the history of God’s people where they were not city-dwellers. Post-Garden life saw…
