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Light of the Kingdom: Awe and Unity

Explore the power of light and community in the Kingdom with shared purpose and care for others. Delve into the wonders and signs witnessed by all, echoing the apostles' acts of generosity and goodwill. Reflect on the unity of believers, selling possessions to aid those in need, embodying a religion that prioritizes caring for widows and orphans while staying unstained by the world. Shine your light like a city on a hill and be the yeast that leavens the whole, spreading positivity and unity in a world filled with awe and wonder.

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Light of the Kingdom: Awe and Unity

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  1. salt, yeast and light The Kingdom Viral

  2. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Act 2:43-47

  3. hippie communes

  4. kibbutz communes

  5. fictive kin groups?

  6. widows and orphans Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Jas 1:27

  7. “the foolish, dishonourable and stupid, and only slaves, women and little children.” Celsus, 3.44

  8. light "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” Mat 5:14-16

  9. He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened." Mat 13:33

  10. a community looking inwards…?

  11. our own networks

  12. simply christian "It seems that we humans were designed to find our purpose and meaning not simply in ourselves and our own inner lives, but in one another and in the shared meaning and purposes of a family, a street, a workplace, a community, a town, a nation." ~ N. T. Wright

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