“I am of Albo” / “I am of Scomo” – Political Tribalism and the Church

9 May 202215 Jun 2022 / timmacbride

Some election-season advice from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.

1 Cor 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Although Paul wrote these words nearly two millennia ago to the house churches he’d founded in Corinth, they remain a word-on-target for our churches in the West today, as we fight and fracture along political lines. Particularly around election time. And the similarities between our situations are stronger than we might first realise. Because this is how Paul describes the divisions in the Corinthian churches:

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When power corrupts (2 Sam 11-12 – video)

25 Sep 20209 May 2022 / timmacbride

When Power Corrupts
2 Samuel 11-12
2020

Be United (Eph 4:1-6 – Video)

20 Sep 202025 Sep 2020 / timmacbride

Be United
Eph 4:1-6
Caringbah Baptist Church
20 Sep 2020

Episode 1: Introduction – The Need for Attractive Difference

23 May 202024 May 2020 / timmacbride

Attractively Different – Episode 1: The first episode of this Bookcast of Tim MacBride, To Aliens and Exiles: Preaching the New Testament as Minority Group Rhetoric in a Post-Christendom World (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2020). The episode introduces the book and explains why minority group rhetoric is necessary – both in the New Testament era and today.

Episode 2: Maintaining Attractive Difference (1)

23 May 202024 May 2020 / timmacbride

Attractively Different – Episode 2: Maintaining Attractive Difference – Part one. This episode looks at two of the six key questions the minority group rhetoric of the New Testament addresses.

Episode 3: Maintaining Attractive Difference (2)

23 May 202024 May 2020 / timmacbride

Attractively Different – Episode 2: Maintaining Attractive Difference – Part two. This episode looks at the remaining four key questions the minority group rhetoric of the New Testament addresses.

Episode 4: 1 Peter – To Aliens and Exiles

23 May 202024 May 2020 / timmacbride

Attractively Different – Episode 4: The Minority Group Rhetoric of 1 Peter – To Aliens and Exiles

This is the last of the free episodes. You can access the remaining 9 by buying a copy of the book, directly from Tim via this website, the publisher (Cascade), or Amazon (shortly). If you don’t buy it from Tim, just email him with a copy of your receipt, or a photo of you with the book, and he’ll give you access.