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15 Feb, 6 tweets, 2 min read
WEEK 4:
This week I will recommend several African artists I enjoy, though I should admit up front how shallow my knowledge is. Africa is huge--54 countries. And I struggled to come up with 5 artists I enjoy?! Still, one has to start somewhere, and I welcome recommendations.
MONDAY:
I'm going to start this week with my favorite. Habib Koité from Mali has a number of albums, though I especially enjoy the first with his band Bamada, Muso Ko.
Another great album is one he did with American blues artist Eric Bibb, Brothers in Bamako. Look up the album and start with the song "On My Way to Bamako." Here's a live version:
Bonus: beautiful music and an enjoyable video of Koité to watch.
TUESDAY:
I don't recall how stumbled on the Nigerian singer Aṣa (Asha), but her music is lively and immediately listenable with easy melodies. I enjoy her first two albums the most, Asa and Beautiful Imperfection. Start with the song 360°.
Two more enjoyable songs from the first album are Jailer and Fire on the Mountain. Here's one video that features both.

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Counter-cultural recommendation for pastors learned from @MarkDever: when you're thinking about leaving your church for another opportunity (pastorate; overseas; etc), consider telling your church BEFORE you make the decision, not AFTER. Invite them to pray with you about it.
A pastor friend recently did this. Asked the church to pray with him about moving overseas for a missionary opportunity. His church, though sad, felt blessed and loved to be involved in the process of praying and decision-making.
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Sunday's piece from @DavidAFrench on the risks of over-identifying Christianity with a political party may provide a good conversation-starter for church elders to have. Some questions you and your fellow elders might discuss: (1/7) frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-cultural…
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2) What steps can we as a church take to work against over-identification/subversion?
3) Is it possible any of the unity we feel as a church comes not from the gospel but from our shared partisan convictions? IOW: is there room in our church both for Matthew the tax collector (can work with Rome) and Simon the Zealot (can't work with Rome) to follow Jesus?
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Three wrong postures for a Christian toward politics and one right posture:
1) The Jonah option--withdraw. Forget those nasty Ninevites. Flee to Tarshish.

2) The Judah option--capitulate. Make peace with the world for the sake of its silver.
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A better posture:
4) The Daniel option--represent. We have a pagan king who might feed us to the lions. But we serve him with honor, never fearing him, because we know the Lord holds the king in his hands, and we represent the Lord.

(From How the Nations Rage)
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The idea of “human dignity” has become a bedrock principle in contemporary jurisprudence (see esp. Kennedy’s Obergefell opinion). Yet what happens when we do not ground our ideas about human dignity in God via the imago dei? Three things... (1/16)
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(Haha! Only from a 9Marks guy, right?)

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The "rule structure" that is a church's polity broadens my sense of identity, shapes my values and ambitions with respect to Christ and his followers, and enumerates my responsibilities and obligations to this body. 3/7
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