Author Archives: Laura

About Laura

My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating sundry aspects of this design into a description of what it means to be the new humanity.

Realize Who We Are

This post is a Musing.  Musings are the first tiny bits of understanding made visible and public. Key Idea: The church is the body of those redeemed from slavery to sin and restored to wholeness by Christ, having him as … Continue reading

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Be God’s People

This post is a Musing.  Musings are the first tiny bits of understanding made visible and public. Key Idea: Our sovereign and holy God has spoken through his prophets in Scripture, bluntly warning his purposefully disobedient people: be God’s people … Continue reading

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Attractional Discipleship

The attractional church model uses gimmicks to turn people’s heads, gimmicks that are short on truth and long on ear-tickling. Attractional discipleship is just about as far opposite as one can get. When the church is intentionally grounded in Christ … Continue reading

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Delegated and Submitted

As disciples commissioned by Jesus the Messiah, we willingly know and do the gospel, telling it to all we meet in the world.  Christ has delegated to his Body and all her members the authority to embrace and spread his … Continue reading

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Lessons for me from the sermon on Hebrews 6:13-20:

God has made a sure promise in Christ, a promise that is already in our hands though it may seem distant. The promise is guaranteed in truth from the God of truth and stands as both already and not yet. … Continue reading

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