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… Failures in Church Planting 10 Apr 2014 Beginning a blog with a disclaimer about lack of expertise is a sure-fire way to suggest that basically everything that follows is utterly useless. It basically means "I have no…
Books… A Review of “The World is Not Ours to Save” by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson 13 Jan 201413 Jan 2014 You know that there’s a “but” coming. I believe in the importance of Christian activism and cultural engagement. I actually do believe that “social justice” is part of the mission…
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…
Missional… The Forgotten Essentials of Doing Theology: Service 20 Dec 201229 Dec 2012 "God judges our theology faithful or false by our attitudes and responses to those in need." - Kelly Kapic That quote will seem unsettling to many of us. To some…
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…
Kingdom of God… We’re (Not) Gonna Change the World 4 Jul 20125 Jul 2012 I both love and am sometimes thoroughly frustrated with the Christian call to "change the world." Entrepreneurialism and social justice are incredibly popular these days, and especially among young college…
Culture… When The Shift Hits The Fan (Part 2) 18 Apr 201219 Apr 2012 Read part 1 Postmodernism is almost impossible to define, and serves more as a “junk-draw” term for anything that is anti-modernism. A frequently discussed feature, however, of Postmodernism is epistemology. “Epistemology”…
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