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Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony

Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon · 2014

A provocative Christian assessment of culture and ministry arguing that the church should function as a countercultural colony of resident aliens in modern America, offering critical yet hopeful reflection on Christian ethics, politics, and parish ministry.

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God & Work

What this book knows

The church is not a chaplain to culture but a colony of resident aliens whose peculiar politics constitute its witness.

Sex: Absent
Work: Present
Learning: Primary
Religion: Primary

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belonging

The church is the only community formed around the truth, which is Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
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One great responsibility of a preacher is to help congregations catch a glimpse of what an adventure it is to be part of this story.
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The habit of Constantinian thinking leads Christians to judge ethical positions on how much Christian ethics Caesar can be induced to swallow without choking.
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I preached on the race issue. When I didn't tone down, five families left the church. Four never became members of any church again.
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education-and-formation

Confirmation has as its goal discipleship, the production of people who more closely resemble disciples of Jesus.
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Every time we come to the Lord's Table, we are given important training in how to forgive and to receive forgiveness.
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