Posted on November 9, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
October 15th, 2009
Extracted from Darrow Miller’s Memoirs during his recent visit to teach in Peru.
I have been encouraged and gratified by the numbers of people who have come up to me to say that they have read Discipling Nations or have attended a conference, and about the impact that the school of thought has had [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
For the church to be a positive force in creating healthy, prosperous and free societies, it must recover an understanding of the Cultural Mandate found in Genesis 1:26-28 and 2:15. Darrow describes the Cultural Mandate in his new book LifeWork this way:
What God made in Genesis chapter 1 was perfect, but it was not finished [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Good words from Chuck Colson:
“Many evangelicals define faith strictly in terms of personal salvation. Yet soul-winning is not an end in itself. We are not only saved from sin, we are also saved to something—to the task of cultivating God’s creation. Genesis teaches that on the first five days, God did the work of creating. But [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Vishal Mangalwadi will be on Hank Hannegraaff’s “The Bible Answer Man” radio program Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9. Here’s what Hank recently wrote about the book:
Every now and then I come across a book that is “must reading!” And that is precisely what happened this week. The book, titled Truth and Transformation, was [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
I’m a big fan of the writing of Dallas Willard. His recent book, Knowing Christ Today (which is quite different from his previous writings focused on spiritual formation) deals with themes of knowledge, truth, and worldview. Willard’s combined vocation as a Southern Baptist pastor and professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California enables him [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is the final installment in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
The modern evangelical church, instead of providing a worldview that will challenge the tragic impoverishment of the animistic and materialistic paradigms, has largely withdrawn [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is the third in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
Social critic Os Guinness describes the shift away from a biblical worldview in Western societies as a move from a “calling economy” to a “commercial [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is first in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
Most adults in the Western world spend half of their waking hours at work. In many developing countries, the number of hours spent at work is even [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Finally, Darrow Miller’s new book is available for purchase and immediate shipment! Through August 31st, you have the opportunity to buy this book at a deep discount of $8.95. Anyone who desires the Church’s deeper impact in all areas of society should own, study, and share this book.
In addition to the long-awaited book, comes MondayChurch.org [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The Stoning of Soraya M has now been released, and while I haven’t seen it yet, it has already impressed me for several reasons. It stars Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus in The Passion of The Christ. Caviezel is a devoted Catholic and a courageous actor who boldly integrates his Christian faith with [...]
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