Passion For Eastbourne

Just in case I haven't mentioned it before, here are the Passion For Life Events for Eastbourne. There's a fascinating mix of events with excellent speakers. Hopefully there'll be something of interest for everyone.

Mission

More alliterative headings, this time from Richard Coekin's Passion for Life Prepared For Mission talks:

Our motivation - 2 Corinthians 5:10-6:2
Our message - Romans 1 & 1 Corinthians 15
Our method - 2 Corinthians 4:1-10
Our manner - 1 Peter 3:15-16

The GREAT commission

When we consider the greatness of the great commission we need not worry about overdoing the depth and extent of gospel mission.

Passion for Life Mission Videos

Videos promoting the Passion for Life mission are now available to view at:

http://www.youtube.com/apassionforlife2010

Trinity, Community, Relationship, Mission and Ministerial Formation

Maybe if we are thinking about how the theological resources of the doctrine of the Trinity can be related to ministerial formation (as I am a bit) maybe relatedness and relationships are highlighted. Ministerial formation is at its best when it is in an ordered community of love, like the Triune life of God himself.

May we say that in the Triune life the Son and the Spirit are "formed" for mission since they are sent out into the world?

By the way, when I was talking about things to mention in the ministerial formation essay I'm working on, I think it may be an unspoken marking criterion that no essay which fails to include the phrase "missio Dei" may be awarded a grade above a lower second (or whatever that is on some new fangled marking scale). Oh for the days of alpha, betta, betta, query minus!