In segment one of this series we examined the marks of a God-owned Church. Since then we have been seeing how every Christian is gifted by the Holy Spirit to display the character and priorities of Jesus Christ in a particular way to strengthen His Church. Today we will look at the gifts of exhortation, giving, and mercy. MP3 download.

 

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Yesterday I indulged in a little one-sided provocation to get some conversation going. Taking Justin Taylor’s callout to two blogs that commented on The Dark Knight as a starting point, I basically asked for commentary on the commentary. I don’t think I ever explicitly agreed with the commentary (I didn’t intend to), though it certainly provides some food for thought about the way we consume entertainment.

But I confess that I had an agenda:

1. I wanted show the value of asking questions to make people think and start (and sustain) a conversation.

2. I wanted to stimulate Gospel-centered thinking about something that will come up in conversation (the latest Hollywood blockbuster) so that we can

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