Church… Every Church Needs A Research & Development Department 17 Dec 2015 The church with a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination will be more equipped for both internal discipleship and external mission. Such a church will possess a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination that…
Church… Ministry in Context: Why There is No One-Size-Fits-All Ministry (Part 2) 13 Jun 2013 What kind of ministry do you have? Are you traditional or progressive? Are you a multi-site, a mega-church, a house-church, or an online church? Are you Emergent, neo-monastic, seeker sensitive,…
Church… Ministry in Context: Why there is no One-Size-Fits-All Ministry (Part 1) 6 Jun 2013 Ministering in rural southern Ohio and ministering in the Detroit metro are very different. They do, of course, have many things in common. It would surprise many to know that…
Church… Ministry in Context: What I Don’t Mean 23 May 201324 May 2013 In many ways the church I served in last year and the place that God has brought our family to now could not be more different. Revolution was a place…
Hermeneutics… Inerrancy and Worldview: Introduction 16 Jan 201317 Jan 2013 Belief in the Scriptures has never been popular. But even among theologians today it is uncommon. Belief in the Scriptures as the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God is…
Jonah… Jonah and the Centrifugal Missions 12 Sep 201213 Sep 2012 As a high school student I am certain that my missions strategy was completely absurd. In retrospect, "come play video games at my church all night" just doesn't seem like…
Church… Already Engaged: Churches Can’t Avoid Culture 4 Sep 20125 Sep 2012 Churches are either engaging culture effectively or ineffectively, but they are always engaging. It is a myth to think that a church can be above cultural engagement, free from it,…
Books… Actually Practical: A Review of “Center Church” by Tim Keller 3 Sep 20124 Sep 2012 Lots of books claim to be practical, Tim Keller's Center Church actually is. Keller points out that there are two kinds of books on the church. There are theological books…
Asides… Hermeneutics and Road Maps 10 Jan 2012 How we read the Bible is extremely important. It is not enough just to open up our Bibles and start reading the words on the page. We must come to…
Books… When You Assume…: A Review of “Beyond Foundationalism” by Stanley Grenz and John Franke 19 Dec 201120 Dec 2011 We've all been warned of the real dangers of assumptions. The old adage about making assumptions is usually true. It's not possible, of course, to dispense with all assumptions, but…
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