tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post1808132724533933254..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: Lessons from the workshops of Corinthsimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-54215192851626272352010-09-03T06:47:49.510+01:002010-09-03T06:47:49.510+01:00That's the key question for us, Charles.
I t...That's the key question for us, Charles. <br /><br />I think all that close examination of the NT texts gives us is permission to be bold, to think in new ways about what our churches might look and feel like. <br /><br />But it doesn't really give a working model because our culture is so different from that of the first centurysimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-4916671975304674162010-09-02T09:19:18.209+01:002010-09-02T09:19:18.209+01:00Fascinating post Thank you!
I guess this chimes in...Fascinating post Thank you!<br />I guess this chimes in a lot with the kind of thing Reggie Mcneal talks about in Missional Renaissance and Hirsch talks about in Forgotten Ways handbook........but how to get from here to there?Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968654263482623689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-38536164016182404102010-09-01T13:30:45.278+01:002010-09-01T13:30:45.278+01:001 Thesalonians 2:1-12 suggests that Paul taugt as ...1 Thesalonians 2:1-12 suggests that Paul taugt as he worked. <br /><br />The early Christians did meet in each other's homes but for many of them, their home was a room at the back or above a workshop. Very few of the early followers of Jesus lived in large houses.<br /><br />Ia gree with the continuing need for biblically trained people who make their living in a variety of ways.simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-48418679845480965272010-09-01T12:11:29.488+01:002010-09-01T12:11:29.488+01:00I'm fascinated by the idea that they met in th...I'm fascinated by the idea that they met in the workshop - I always imagined them meeting in each other's homes. But your thoughts mean that Paul could have taught throughout the day as they worked.<br /><br />If our way of church life changed this much we would still need biblically trained folk to be able to explain the scriptures and maybe they would have to be non-stipendary.Sue Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831000271337244366noreply@blogger.com