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God is at work – David Benson

05. God is at Work

Dave Benson?is founding director of Traverse, a PhD Candidate, and a lecturer at Malyon College.

If you were the Son of God?with thirty-three years to save the world?how would you invest your time? If it were me, I?d kick off with some spectacular show to draw attention, and then stick it to the guys in power to reclaim my kingdom. No dilly dallying, right? Out with the mundane, and in with the miraculous. If the ?good news? is simply that the Saviour paid for our sins on the cross, then I?d want to head straight to Jerusalem for the showdown, not get holed up in some sweat shop for half my life.

And this is precisely why Jesus? life is an enigma. His path meandered.

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“Theology that Works”

?Theology that Works”?- This PDF (55 pages) document from Greg Forster of the Oikonomia Network?is described as ‘…an?invitation to dialogue on discipleship and work in the American church.’

The Oikonomia Network ?? is a learning community for theological educators and evangelical seminaries ? [whose aim] is to prepare future pastors for responsibilities of pastoral ministry?related to work, the economy, and cultural engagement.?

Chapter titles are:

I. Renewing Whole-Life Discipleship ? ??churches have disconnected discipleship from the largest portion of life ? our economic work in the home, in our jobs, and in communities.?

II.? Achieving Virtuous Citizenship ? ?? participating in the economy in ways distinctively shaped by the calling to stewardship is one of the best ways to manifest our discipleship, blessing our neighbours by producing economic shalom.?

III.? Stewardship and Economic Flourishing ? ?Economic flourishing has brought enormous blessings, both spiritual and theological.? But is poses a challenge as well.?

IV.? Theological and Economic Worlds Working Together ? ?The church can answer these challenges by creating critical dialogue between the theological and ecnomic spheres of thought and practice.?

V.? Answering the Call ? ?We are blessed by a growing body of movements acknowledging the need to reconnect theology and pastoral leadership with working and economic life.?