Sacred Roots Workshop

168 Sacred Roots Workshop: Retr ieving the Great Tradi t ion in the Contemporary Church

e. Nothing opens people to the meaning of the Kingdom more than our tangible acts of justice, mercy, and love, James 2.14-26.

f. Tangible evidence of salvation coming to a house: Zaccheaus, Luke 19.1-10

C. The Big Three: inquiring into our display of the rule of Christ

1. Calling : Where has the Lord placed us, and who are our neighbors in the place where he has established us?

2. Gifting : What gifts and endowments has the Holy Spirit given to us?

3. Projects : How might we tangibly demonstrate to those within our circle the rule of God so clearly that they could not mistake it?

D. Commissioning laborers from within our outposts: the oikos factor as a central feature in early Church servanthood and evangelism. “A household usually contained four generations, including men, married women, unmarried daughters, slaves of both sexes, persons without citizenship, and ‘sojourners,’ or resident foreign workers” (Hans Walter Wolff, Anthology of the Old Testament ).

1. The gospel in our NT narratives is described as coming through and to the various people in the household where they resided, cf. Mark 5.19; Luke 19.9; John 4.53; John 1.41-45, etc.