Archive for the ‘Jeff Palmer’ Category
‘The tie that binds’
The “wholeness” that God brings about in community has much to say and teach us about things such as pain, death, sickness, poverty, injustice, etc.
BGR Executive Director Jeff Palmer’s most recent blog post at Kingdom Communities draws some excellent insights out of the six biblical models of community he has been discussing.
Profound implications
Jeff Palmer is posting some intriguing thoughts on the topic of “Six models of Kingdom community in the Bible” at http://kingdomcommunities.blogspot.com. He is working his way up the list toward #1 and has three installments posted: #6 – the New Heaven and New Earth; #5 – the Body of Christ; #4 – the Community of Israel. They have profound implications for how we do both church and missions.
What the Bible means by ‘community’
New Jeff Palmer blog post: “The word ‘community’ in the Bible” http://bit.ly/lZ9VB
If you care about ‘justice’ issues
Baptist Global Response is pleased to announce a new blog written by BGR Executive Director Jeff Palmer called “Kingdom Communities” at kingdomcommunities.blogspot.com. The blog seeks to answer the question, What would God’s kingdom on earth look like? It will promote and discuss the issues of community development from a Kingdom perspective.
If you care about poverty elimination, safe drinking water, fighting world hunger, or any of a host of “justice” issues, you ought to follow — and join — the discussion on this blog. You’ve never seen anything like what’s going to develop there.
You also can follow Jeff at twitter.com/jjeffreypalmer.