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God's wise agents

I just got another email from Katie Kuehn. It reminded me of two quotes I used to end my message on Sunday:

Spiritual Warfare Q and A

I have received a lot of questions about spiritual warfare recently. I found this great Q and A session with Pastors Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy of Woodland Hills Church. They took questions from their congregation and answered them over a few services. Boyd has spent a good deal of his academic writing on the topic of evil and the warfare worldview of the Bible.

Jesus with skin-on

I got this email from Katie Kuehn, a college student from CrossRoads who took a semester off school to fly to India to work with Mother Teresa's Sisters of Mercy. If you have a second, read the Matthew 25:31-46 and then Katie's email update.

Join the Sanctuary CG Facebook Group!

When I was growing up, my little church had a directory with pictures and phone numbers of people who went to the church. It was helpful to know how to contact people and to place a name with a face. Today Sanctuary is growing and there are many people with whom you'd probably like to connect, yet you may not  know. So.....we have started a group on Facebook to help us all connect, get to know each other, communicate electronically and so forth.

If you're not Facebook literate, here's all you have to do:

1. Go to Facebook.com
2. Click on the green sign-up button
3. Follow the instructions
4. Once you've created your account you will see a "Groups" button on the left hand side of your screen. Click on it.
5. At the top of the next screen, you will see a space where you can search for Groups. Enter the following: Sanctuary CG. You'll then be directed to an icon that looks like the Sanctuary logo. Then you're good to go!

Amillennialism Q and A

We finished our 3-week discussion on The Story of the End--3 views on Jesus' Return last night. All three talks are available for download and podcasting. I tipped my hand and noted I ascribe to what is called Amilllennialism, the oldest and most traditional view of the millennium. A definition of the major views on the millennium and Jesus' return can be found here.

We had many questions last night. Most of them revolved around 2 major areas:

1. The Rapture.
2. The relationship between Jesus' victory, Satan's defeat, and the present battle between good and evil in the world.

Because there were so many questions regarding topic 2, I will address the issue this Sunday night in a talk called Weakness to Victory--Living as if Jesus is King.

Because there were so many questions regarding the Rapture, I have listed links for and against this theology below.

Pre-Millennialism Q and A

We had a fascinating time exploring the Pre-millennial view of Jesus' return Sunday night. We had many questions. Below are I've created some review and my attempts at answers for some of the Q and A and some links.

The Story of the End Q and A, pt. 1

Sunday night in my message THE STORY OF THE END, pt. 1, we looked at what is called Post-Millennialism.

The Story of the End--3 views on Jesus' return

This week at Sanctuary we will head into Matthew 24 where Jesus talks of His return. In all of Christianity, no topic is more debated and discussed than the topic  "End Times" and/or "Jesus' return." So, instead of walking away from the debate, we're going to walk right toward it. Over the next three weeks, we will be examining the three most prominent views on Jesus' return. We'll try to make plenty of time for Q and A, and I promise we will all grow more excited about who God is and what He is doing in the world.

It would help me to know what some of your questions are regarding this topic. Please give me some comments/questions!