Mark Labberton
Autor(a) de The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice
About the Author
Mark Labberton is president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Prior to that Labberton served for a number of years as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. He has also served as chair of John Stott Ministries. Today he continues to contribute to mostrar mais the mission of the global church as a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission. He is the author of Called, The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, and The Dangerous Act of Worship. mostrar menos
Obras por Mark Labberton
The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus (2010) 111 exemplares
Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning (2018) 50 exemplares
Fuller Magazine: Issue #1 - Vocation (2014) 1 exemplar
First Pres Vision Statement: A Commentary 1 exemplar
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Labberton argues that this must be accepted and that the whole christian church must live as if in exile as it did during the days of Daniel and Isaiah. This clearly meant as a return to the original foundation much like the Desert Fathers and Mothers did and then the Mendicant Orders in turn. Although not Catholic, Labberton begins by noting how Pope Francis has changed the outlook of the Papacy by his attention to the poor and marginalized. Labberton sees the entire christian church following upon the same model even if the church becomes a minority in the west and less materially comfortable in its upper class status.
There are more than a few insights that I found interesting but it seems to take as given that christianity has failed to be convincing and that the secular world has won its battle to greater influence. The church now must be influenced by the world and can only gradually attain a purer and stronger adherence to faithful fidelity by having believers make absolutely no concessions, in his vision of things, to having a sacred call to live in the world. This is problematic since people obviously need to grow in their faith but he also sees the need to transform the world which must be accomplished now. "Jesus does not say 'Believe me, but rather, 'Follow me.' If we are going to pursue God's call, it's an act of trusting and following-of behaving andliving in ways that reflect our life and purposes. We aren't saved by our actions, but we are saved for our actions to become those that make God's life in Jesus Christ visible." This sounds consistent with Roman Catholic views on the santification of the world by people who experience ongoing conversion. This is the basic Catholic view of the world although Catholics do not take as granted that christianity can ever be eclipsed. It can be persecuted, suppressed, and decimated but it will always grow and ultimately triumph. Labberton understands christianity to be in crisis due to its own over-identification with the American Dream (i.e., material prosperity).… (mais)