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David, you're right, it's not necessarily in the Bible. Unfortunately it is a fairly common perception. It probably does originate from things like Dante or even CS Lewis' "Screwtape Letters." I was here surveying common conceptions, not necessarily Biblical ones.
This is about the Ethne '06 conference, which was held in 2006.
When people give you that look, just say "This is what God told us to do." You have to stick to your guns. Lots of times in history people have been told to do something by God which no one understood at the time. Jeremiah comes to mind. etc. Go where God's told you to go!
I can sense your strong feelings about that, Grady! :) My initial thought is that you're right, the "8x8 discipleship method" is neither a vision nor a promise - it is a teachable behavior. (And btw I have nothing against the idea of CPM... part of the reason CPMs fail is that we fail to teach the teachable behaviors we have been taught. But on the other hand I have no problem with failure provided we learn from it and try again.) Back to the original point: what I would suggest is to do the Lean concept of the "5 Whys." Ask yourself, "Why do we disciple people?" and then, to the answer: "Why?" and then, to the answer to THAT, ask: "why?" and go back 5 Whys. And see what your result is. I'd be interested in hearing it. Could you post your thoughts here?
I'm not sure that characterizing the divide as generational is really all that accurate. There are plenty of swarmish decentralized networks out there that are run by Boomers. The Obama campaign and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines both come to mind.
and now, having ranted, be sure to block them from your twitter stream. That's the basic solution here, available to everyone: reduce their audience, at least by one.
The ads are generated automatically by Google based on its scan of keywords on the text and what people are offering for those keywords. If the ad does not generate clicks, then the ad will typically be rotated out and not appear again. For example right now I see ads for an online pastoral degree and ministry classes online - not for Scientology.
Oops! My bad - must have too many things going at the same time when I wrote that little blurb. I've corrected the link. Thanks for catching that, Molly!
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