Apr 26, 2012
Christian IQ: The Church (Part 4)
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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This morning I am continuing my explanation of of the answers to the Christian IQ test that I posted a couple weeks ago on April 9th. You can see the original by clicking here. We will do this by clustering a handful of similar questions and taking them on together. That will be essentially the modus operandi for the next few posts until I feel I have satisfactorily covered the subject matter. However if any of you want more explanation on certain points, then please do comment, and I will, and if need be, assign a new
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Apr 20, 2012
StumpTown: The Coffee Experience
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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I am out in Portland, OR this week participating in the SOMA Communities training with Jeff Vanderstelt and the Bread & Wine community. I have a couple of my key leaders with me and we are learning a lot of great stuff and having a really good time too. I want to take a quick hiatus from the Christian IQ test series of blogs to share a quick experience.
On the way out one of the guys has been educating me of the glories of the StumpTown coffee experience. He has been discipling me
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Apr 16, 2012
Christian IQ: An Embodied Spirituality (Part 3)
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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We are continuing our series of posts on the Christian IQ test I posted on April 9th (see that here). In the post from the 12th I also began some of my explanation for the answers by offering a distinction between objective and subjective faith (see that here). The main point I made there was that we have a tendency to reduce the Christian faith to something inward, individual, and downplay the role of the Church, the world, and the flesh. What I am aiming at in this exercise to demonstrate the historic Christianity is embodied. This means that Christian
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Apr 12, 2012
Christian IQ: Answers
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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Ok so here are the answers to last Monday’s blog post. What I created was a list of statements that are quite typical of the church today from one perspective or another. Then I asked you to look at them and answer with “agree” or “disagree.” The first thing you need to know is that most of the statements are incorrect. However that being the case they all have some measure of truth to them. The problem is that they are not qualified properly and therefore make false statements. Second, you need to understand
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