Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 6 26 Apr 2010 Previous models of church leadership sought to generate programs and strategies that had specific applications and required specific methods. The members then would hop on board this program and follow…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 5 23 Apr 2010 An important point needs to be made at this juncture, however: just because the church as a whole (congregation and leadership) have embraced the vision does not mean that the…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 4 22 Apr 2010 What this means for leaders is that time must be spent getting to know a congregation, understanding its strengths and weaknesses, determining its values and passions. It also means…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 3 21 Apr 2010 The first step in the process of bringing a church to embrace the Missional philosophy is to establish a clear vision of the church rooted in Scripture and the Missional…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 2 19 Apr 2010 Before moving on to the particulars of what marks a Missional church leader, I think it pertinent to discuss the distinctions between Missional leadership and what we would term traditional…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 1 17 Apr 201017 Apr 2010 “Missional” is one of those words. That is to say, it is one of those buzz-words that is often used without a concrete definition. For nearly every ten books you…
Books Book Review: How To Read The Psalms by Tremper Longman III 7 Apr 20107 Apr 2010 Longman III, Tremper. How To Read The Psalms. Downer’s Grove: IVP, 1988. 166 pp. Tremper Longman III has a longstanding reputation as an Old Testament scholar par excellence. His…
Ezekiel 34 The Good Shepherd: A Biblical Theology of Ezekiel 34, Part 6 25 Mar 2010 Viewing scripture along this third and final horizon allows us to go back and read Ezekiel 34 from this side of the cross. What Ezekiel and those of his time…
Ezekiel 34 The Good Shepherd: A Biblical Theology of Ezekiel 34, Part 5 11 Feb 2010 The Cannonical Horizon As we move into the final horizon of Scripture, the canonical, we find ourselves wrestling with the connection between the “true Shepherd” and the Lord God Himself.…
Ezekiel 34 The Good Shepherd: A Biblical Theology of Ezekiel 34, Part 4 1 Feb 20101 Feb 2010 The Epochal Horizon, Part 2 The image of the king as a shepherd of the sheep of Israel has two underlying notions to it. This is where we will see…