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If the Holy Spirit spoke through Glenn Beck, or through any part of his "Restoring Honor" event, I didn't hear the words. Or the tune. Maybe others did.

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In recent weeks, there has been a controversy in New York City involving a Muslim center that is a few blocks from where the Twin Towers once were. This controversy highlights the misperceptions that many people in this country have about Muslims.

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Glenn Beck is certainly aiming high. Tonight, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, he will "help heal your soul" at his "America's Divine Destiny" event. Then tomorrow, at his "Restoring Honor" event at the Lincoln Memorial, he expects the Spirit to speak.

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I firmly believe that religion or rigorous practice can't be applied with pressure and intimidation because that only brings force and violence, not wisdom so it must be fulfilled with reason, debate and intuition.

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The next requirement of those who are living during the Day of Atonement according to Leviticus 23:27 is to “offer an offering.” There was an offering that was offered on behalf of the people on the Day of Atonement.

There’s something that I do want to emphasize right now— that the Day of Atonement included time for forgiveness. Even on that day the daily sacrifice was offered. So forgiveness was still possible during the Day of Atonement because you had the daily sacrifice like any other day.

Anti-type – Offer Offering

How can we offer an offering today? One thing that we can do is identify what the work of the priest and the offering of Jesus our sacrifice. We are to stop living as if ain’t nobody done nothing for us. Christ has done much for us to offer us forgiveness. But not just forgiveness…forgiveness and cleansing. (1 John 1:9) And it’s about time that we started living as if forgiveness and cleansing were possible and operative as a result of the work of Jesus on our behalf.

Also, Romans 12:1 says: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.”

We offer an offering by both identifying what the offering that Christ has done for us as well as offer ourselves a living sacrifice. That’s how we can have this offering mindset in the antitypical day of atonement.

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Buckhead Community Fellowship, the place I spend most Sabbath mornings, has been wrestling with it's mission and vision. This morning the leadership shared the results of it's visioning excercise with everyone. The following are my rough notes.

Mission: To develop relationships with the people who don't go to church so that Jesus can grow them into His servants for transforming Atlanta and the world.

Implications:

1. We are not a Church, we are a movement/ministry.
2. We are not inviting people location, but on a journey.
3. We are not about how many attend worship, but how many serve in ministry.
4. We are not about serving the needs of Christians, but the needs of non-Christians.

In everything we do -- service, worship, outreach, relationships, decipleship -- BCF will seek to involve, engage, connect with, relate with, minister to and with non-Christians.

BCF is a ministry of the SDA Church not a Church itself and it will not become one. It will be led (as it has been) by a team of passionate volunteers.

I'll save my thoughts for a later post but I'd love to hear your thoughts.