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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Recently I have been listening to some interviews from 9Marks while I drive (one earphone in since my stereo was jacked) and while I mow. They have some really helpful stuff and you might want to check it out.
The New Perspective on Paul with Simon Gathercole and Peter Williams. (audio)
You may have heard about [...]
The Manifold Wisdom of God
Friday, June 13th, 2008After One Prayer we will begin a 6 week series in Ephesians - A City within a City. I’m really excited for a lot of different reasons.
On a minor note, I’m excited to have a series where we travel through a single book of the Bible.
I think it will bring encouragement to believers as [...]
Philip Jensen on Anglicanism and Evangelicalism
Friday, June 13th, 2008If you have followed the blog for any length then you will probably recall how influential my time in Sydney spent with MTS. The ministry model I saw - churches on campus, the hospitality that was extended to me, and the warm friendships I made all had a lasting impression on me.
One of the highlights [...]
Reflection on the Local Church
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008During our First Sunday event this past weekend I taught for a few minutes highlighting the importance of church partnership. I can’t say I have always believed the church was that necessary and important. In fact I must confess that there were periods of time when I thought she really just got in [...]
LifeConnection Partnership & Mark Dever @ Whiteboard
Friday, May 23rd, 2008I was checking out some of the WhiteBoard Session interviews tonight. I found the first couple of minutes of Dever’s interview poignant as I think about the importance of church partnership. Check out the first 3 minutes or so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxSeamqaQes
The Church Matters (and so does church membership)
Monday, May 19th, 2008In a comment Brad asked me to expand on why we’re choosing our partnership language over membership. I want to address this in two posts today and tomorrow.
This post will overlap with my yet to be written post related to “Inviting people to church or inviting people to Jesus.” But basically what I [...]
Worshipping God in Spirit and Truth
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008In the midst of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well she throws up a religious controversy to divert the conversation away from her pain.
You Jews say worship must happen in Jerusalem but us Sarmaritans say Mount Gerezim is the place. Who really knows.
But Jesus draws her attention to what really matters, not [...]
The Church, Mission, Kingdom of God, & Missional and Attractional Models
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008I am pretty certain that is the longest, most descriptive title I’ve ever had for a post. Hope you’re not expecting too much after reading it.
There seems to be a dichotomy in many people between several poles. And in my mind, right now at least, they seem to be quite interrelated at some [...]
Leadership Quotes
Friday, April 25th, 2008Here are some various thoughts from Malphurs’ Being Leaders that I have found helpful.
First law of leadership: If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message. (from Kouzes and Posner, 49)
Research indicates that it takes a new pastor at least five years in most established churches to build the kind of [...]
Pastors and Working Hard pt 2
Friday, December 21st, 2007One of the difficulties for a person in ministry struggling with the razor’s edge of working hard and hardly working is the question, “What do you do exactly.” Man, if I had a nickel every time I heard that we could fund 3 church plants right now.
It’s not that this shouldn’t be asked. [...]