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Clara Litzsinger: The God Who Sees Me
If I ever got a tattoo it would say “El Roi.” In an intimately beautiful moment of Scripture, we see Hagar enter into a personal relationship with God: “She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: El Roi [You are the One who sees me].” (Genesis 16:13). Hagar was...
Cher Ola: On NextGen
In 2019 I spent 4 months hiking 1500 miles on the Appalachian Trail, also known as the AT. During that time, every other hiker I met became an immediate friend. Connections were made easily without all of the pressures of 'real life' and because we all had the same...
Josh Davis: Engaging With Jesus Through Imagination
NextGen Hosts Introductions (2023)
Dave Shive: Rethinking Missio Dei: Temporally Remedial or Eternally Doxological
My suspicion arose late. It was that gradual sense that something was missing. I didn’t suspect the evangelicalism that has shaped my missiology. I’ll always be grateful for an evangelical1 com- munity environment where missions was treated as a high priority. My...
Jim and Sterling O’Neill: NextGen Intro
Dave Shive: Blessing Part II Shalom — The Result Of God’s Blessing
Part II: Shalom – The Result of God’s Blessing In his excellent volume, “Not the Way it Ought to Be: A Breviary of Sin,” Cornelius Plantinga parts the curtains to give the reader a “backstage” peek into God’s intentions in Christ: The webbing together of God, humans,...
Dave Shive: Part I, Blessing
At the spring 2023 NextGen Gathering, we will wrestle with a familiar term: “blessing.” This word is so common that it shouldn’t require much commentary. And yet, as is often the case, we may only have a vague idea of the precise meaning of terms employed in daily...
Angela Zimmerman: A Promise With A Purpose
In our last post, we hit an amazing crescendo, an intensity of God’s covenant to Abram and generations of faithful followers that involved a faith and a promise. In our final post in this series, we’re going to take a look at the implications of God’s promise, and how...