Hermeneutics… A Theology for Hipsters (Part 23): Keeping The Fundamentals (Part 2) 8 Dec 20119 Dec 2011 Post-Foundationalism Everyone these days is attempting to create a middle road. Theistic Evolution seeks middle ground between evolutionary theory and Biblical creationism. Moderate Republicanism seeks middle ground between conservative capitalism…
methodology… Missionary Strategies 22 Nov 201122 Nov 2011 Justin Taylor has posted some summaries and conclusions from Eckhard Schnabel's 2008 book Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies, and Methods. In light of the current discussion regarding the mission of…
Books… What Business is Learning from the Church: A Review of “Brains On Fire” by Phillips, Church, Cordell, and Jones 7 Nov 20118 Nov 2011 "It comes down to trust. And people don't trust your company; people trust people. People they know. People whose opinions and recommendations they seek out and have faith in" (xiv).…
Books… Beautiful Are The Feet: A Review of “Barefoot Church” by Brandon Hatmaker 26 Sep 201127 Sep 2011 The church has a really bad habit that it needs to break immediately! We have, sadly, become an incredibly consumerist culture. That is to say the church takes, consumes, and…
Asides… Contextualized Ministry 17 Aug 2011 Here are some interesting reads on this often discussed subject: 1) Cultural Relevance and Living Sent by Ed Stetzer 2) Get Better at Contextualization by Jonathan Dodson 3) Contextualization without…
Evangelism… Evangelism and the Filthy Watering Hole 13 Jul 201114 Jul 2011 It was one of the filthiest watering holes I had ever seen (not that I've seen many). Trash collected in piles along the banks, and the water foamed in some…
Discipleship… Don Whitney on Discipleship 11 Jul 201112 Jul 2011 My relationship with Donald S. Whitney began long before I had him as a professor at Southern Seminary. As a young pastoral student I was required to read through his…
Discipleship… Our Discipleship Problem (Part 7) 6 Jul 20117 Jul 2011 With the way that much of the conversation regarding church and discipleship are going these days it's easy to feel like the role of the pastor, the role of church…
methodology… The Doctrine of Revelation: Clarity (Part 5) 5 Jul 20116 Jul 2011 Did you ever date one of those girls who took everything you said or did and interpreted it as some kind of an insult. You hold the door for her…
Church… Our Discipleship Problem (Part 6) 29 Jun 201130 Jun 2011 I have never been a "handy-man". Both my dad and my brother were/are Mr. Fixits. They can repair anything, build anything, and work on anything. Not me. Now, if you…
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