Monthly Archives: January 2018

New Series: “Practicing the Better”

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Steve Harper

​Next week (February 7), I will begin a new series here on Oboedire, “Practicing the Better.” In a time when negativity is expressed in so many places and ways, we need to root ourselves in the highest and best we … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Task: And So?

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Steve Harper

I have come to the end of this series, and I will go back into hybernation.  I have ideas for possible future posts, but none are ready for publication.  Should a new series emerge, I will announce them here and … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Process: Reorder

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Steve Harper

Henri Nouwen became interested in trapeze artists shortly before he died, coming to believe that this circus act was a paradigm for the spiritual life: letting go of the first bar, hovering between the bars, and being caught by the … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Process: Disorder

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Steve Harper

Prophets minister between the times– between darkness and light, forgetfulness and remembrance, sin and salvation, despair and hope–between “the kingdoms of this world”‘and the Kingdom of God.  This in-betweenness is what Brueggemann calls disorder, a time of grief. He uses … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Process: Order

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Steve Harper

Order is where the prophetic process begins, because just as there was original righteousness before there was original sin, so also there was Torah (Law) before it deteriorated into torah (legalism).  There was a time when (as with creation) the … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Process: The Meat of the Message

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Steve Harper

We are at a point where a transition post is needed. We have laid the foundation for understanding the prophetic task in the first two segments of this series: the prophetic person and the prophetic paradigm.  Personhood provides the character … Continue reading →

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