Northcote Baptist Church » Blog http://nbc.org.nz loving God... loving each other... loving the community... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:52:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Creative Commons : Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ nbc.web.admin@nbc.org.nz (NBC Church) nbc.web.admin@nbc.org.nz (NBC Church) Christian 1440 http://nbc.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/logo.png Northcote Baptist Church » Blog http://nbc.org.nz 144 144 Podcast of Northcote Baptist Church - sermons Loving God --> loving each other --> loving the community jesus, church, discipleship, baptist, northcote, bible NBC Church NBC Church nbc.web.admin@nbc.org.nz no no Kingdom v. Empire – sense or nonsense? http://nbc.org.nz/2008/09/kingdom-v-empire-sense-or-nonsense.html http://nbc.org.nz/2008/09/kingdom-v-empire-sense-or-nonsense.html#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:43 +0000 Dale http://nbc.org.nz/?p=176 Continue reading →]]> (This is our 2nd ‘blog’ post – your feedback is encouraged and welcome!)

Recently, we kicked off our evening sermon series (click here for sermons) ‘The Way of the Kingdom’, which will look at various ways in which ‘the Kingdom way’ (the lifestyle formed and informed by Jesus’ life, teachings and Spirit) is worked out in real every-day life in the midst of the ‘empire’ (the lifestyle formed and informed by oppressive systems/structures ancient and modern).

What do you think about this ‘Kingdom v. Empire’ comparison?  Does it hold water (logically, biblically, historically, practically, etc.)?

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In our evening services, we’ve started a sermon series on the Apostle’s Creed. Baptists aren’t known for being a denomination that uses any Creeds. Why do you think that is?

To take things further, it has been said that the Judaism from which Christianity came was less concerned with ‘orthodoxy’ (right belief) than with ‘ortho-praxy’ (right action). What is the value of an itemised ‘list’ of correct beliefs?

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