In the Company of Big-shots
Launching of the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES) headquarters in KL and the satellite ground receiving station in Temerloh. Deputy Prime Minister was there. Minister of Science and Technology and Innovation was there. Mahathir Lokman was there too. Video-conferencing with Temerloh, Pahang. Very high security. Lot’s of press people were around. And lot’s of freebies for me! Managed to see the early developments of the tsunami early-warning system. Listened to all those big-shots talk about the rice-monitoring project that I’ve been involved in. I didn’t stay around for the free food though. Went back for dinner with Agnes. I also got a new hair-cut! I’m bald now!
The gospel is not only directed to the reconciliation of individual human beings with God. Its goal includes reconciliation within the human family and between humankind and creation. For this reason, the task of the people of God in partnership with the Holy Spirit entails the advancement of God’s rule in the realms of social justice and ecology. These are also central to the kingdom of God. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
The Spirit’s goal is not merely to bring us to see the discrepancy between our present reality and God’s future ideal. Rather, through prayer, the Spirit renews in us a longing for the coming kingdom of God, a longing that leads us to desire the in-breaking of the future into the present. And by means of prayer, the Spirit brings us to the place where we are willing to commit ourselves to positive engagement in our world as agents of God’s transformation of society in accordance with the ideal of the future kingdom. In prayer, we are strengthened for service, renewed in faith, and empowered to engage in kingdom work within our fallen and sinful world. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
Prayer becomes not only the struggle to discern God’s will but also the struggle to become willing to obey it when God chooses to reveal it to us. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
The gospel is not only directed to the reconciliation of individual human beings with God. Its goal includes reconciliation within the human family and between humankind and creation. For this reason, the task of the people of God in partnership with the Holy Spirit entails the advancement of God’s rule in the realms of social justice and ecology. These are also central to the kingdom of God. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
The Spirit’s goal is not merely to bring us to see the discrepancy between our present reality and God’s future ideal. Rather, through prayer, the Spirit renews in us a longing for the coming kingdom of God, a longing that leads us to desire the in-breaking of the future into the present. And by means of prayer, the Spirit brings us to the place where we are willing to commit ourselves to positive engagement in our world as agents of God’s transformation of society in accordance with the ideal of the future kingdom. In prayer, we are strengthened for service, renewed in faith, and empowered to engage in kingdom work within our fallen and sinful world. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
Prayer becomes not only the struggle to discern God’s will but also the struggle to become willing to obey it when God chooses to reveal it to us. ~ Stanley Grenz, Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom
posted by sojourner @ Friday, August 05, 2005
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