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ERIC Number: EJ1199524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1536-3759
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Being Good Pharisees: The Joy of Inauthentic Community. Part II
Long, D. Stephen
Christian Higher Education, v17 n5 p290-295 2018
What does it mean to be a community in right relation with each other? That question, as well as a partial answer found in Taylor University's Life Together Covenant, still bear the marks of Wesleyan evangelical convictions. Exploring those convictions shines light for us on why this question and Taylor's covenant matter for Taylor University and, in their own unique ways, all Christian institutions of higher education. Addressing that question then comes through three points. First, we must never forget that Christianity is a social religion. Second, Christianity is social because its mission is to be a people, a nation called out of every nation, who are not like the other nations, for the sake of the nations. Finally, integral to Christian mission is to become what we have been made through baptism. In the end, righteousness cannot stem from mere human efforts as we endeavor to live out this mission. In contrast, we must depend upon the Holy Spirit to empower us to be the intentional community God has set forth for us in Holy Scripture. [For Part I "When Less Is More: Cultivating a Community in Relationship with God. Part I," see EJ1199521. For Part III "What Is God's Good Future? Right Relationships with All Things. Part III," see EJ1199525.]
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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