Incarnating Now Glimpses of the Future: Biblical Foundations of Shalom

A focus on three essential biblical teachings that are at the heart of the church’s capacity to live out its proclamation and vocation as a community of Shalom - as presented at the 15th Anabaptist/Mennonite Congress of the Southern Cone, La Angostura, Chile, South America January 23-27, 2013.

• A Shalom Church Understands the Nature of Evil (p. 2) For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly [high] places. Ephesians 6:12
• A Shalom Church Understands the Love of Enemies (p. 10) But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 6:27-38
• Paul’s Manifesto: The Politics of the Church (p. 21) Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, Philippians 1:27

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