How much of our culture can we embrace? What should we reject? How can we live respectfully among neighbors who don’t share our convictions, while still holding firmly and faithfully to biblical truth? The question in every age is how these two citizenships fit together-or how they don’t. On the other hand, we’re residents of some particular city and state and country, living at a specific time in history. On the one hand, we’re citizens of God’s kingdom, defined most deeply by our allegiance to Jesus and to his gospel. Christians throughout history have struggled with the tension of living in two worlds. You’re far from the first to feel this way. You speak the language and understand the culture, yet you don’t quite feel at home. You’re welcome in some places, but not in others. That’s what it feels like to be a Christian in an increasingly post-Christian world. Lesson 9 - Suffering, Trusting, and Doing Goodĭisplaced. Each book in the series examines how the gospel story is revealed throughout both the Old and New Testaments.Īrticle: Breaking the Evil-for-Evil Cycle This small group guide with leader’s notes includes ten in-depth lessons that include discussion questions, a short article to read, and a practical application section that can be used for one-to-one discipleship, small group, or large group settings.ġ Peter: Life as an Outsider is part of The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible series published in partnership with Serge. You will be encouraged by the generous grace of God and how he has called Christians to a living hope and a deep joy that can be found even in the midst of trials and opposition. Thune’s study examines living a gospel-shaped life in a contrary culture. How do you live as a Christian in a world that doesn’t share your convictions? Can you still hold firmly to biblical truth even as you love others? Robert Thune unpacks how the apostle Peter spoke to these issues in the first of his letters to first-century Christians. You speak the language and understand the culture, yet don’t quite feel at home. If any of our products have helped you in any way, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve.Displaced-that's what it feels like to be a Christian in an increasingly post-Christian world.
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His award-winning paintings and sculptures have been exhibited and acquired around the world by museums, churches, governments and important private collectors.Ĭocco calls his new style of painting "sacrocubism" because of the sacred subject matter he paints and because he uses some elements of the art movement known as "cubism". He also lived in Europe and Mexico for many years and now resides in the US. JORGE COCCO SANTANGELO is a prolific artist born in Argentina.
Modern painting of Joseph Smith translating the gold plates.
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