August 19, 2013 | 4 Comments
It was about a year ago that IVP released Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World. Upon the anniversary of its release, I thought I would give some reflections on what has happened this … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Hirsch, Amos Yong, Asbury Theological Seminary, Biblical Seminary, Chris Yaw, Christianity Today, Church Next, Creating a Missional Culture, Darrell Guder, david fitch, Dwight Friesen, Ed Stetzer, equippers, Fuller Theological Seminary, Jon Tyson, Linda Bergquist, Marykate Morse, Michael Frost, Wil Hernandez
September 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
So here is the conclusion to this series as well as an overview of the whole website. When look across the top of the page you will find words that connect you to different resources. The upper left side of … Continue reading →
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Tagged About, Book, Consulting, Contact, Culture, equippers, Forum, JR Woodward, Missional Culture, Resources, Speaking, Website, Writing
March 20, 2012 | 11 Comments
As one who has just written a book entitled, Creating a Missional Culture, I think it is important for us to understand an overview of the history of what is called the “Missional Church.” And Craig Van Gelder in his … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Cities, Current Affairs, Faith, Featured, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Church Dogmatics, Craig Van Gelder, Creating a Missional Culture, Darrell Guder, David Bosch, JR Woodward, Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, Kingdom of God, Lesslie Newbigin, Missio Dei, Missional church, Missional Church in Perspective, N.T. Wright, Third Quest, Trinitarian Missiology
January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
I’m honored to be able to go to the Sundance Film Festival again this year. In light of that, I thought I would start this series on what it means to watch film as a communal spiritual discipline. Introduction I … Continue reading →
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Tagged Communal Disicpline, Detweiler, Film, Johnson, Sundance Film Festival
October 2, 2011 | 4 Comments
[Update] The facebook timeline rolls out worldwide today after many delays. Once you upgrade, you have seven days to work through your timeline. Here is some help for you in how to set up facebook timeline. Facebook seeks to transform … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Calling, Cities, Current Affairs, Faith, Featured, Los Angeles, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, soul, Technology |
Tagged Facebook, foodspotting, netflix, Set Up Facebook Timeline, social apps for facebook, spotify, Timeline, timeline cover designs
June 23, 2011 | 10 Comments
How a Robust View of Election Leads to a Holistic Gospel and Meaningful Missional Engagement The basic goal of this series of posts is to demonstrate that as we recover a missional view of election, with the help of Lesslie … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Missional View of the Doctrine of Election, Bearing the Witness of the Spirit, Election, Hunsberger, John Piper, Lesslie Newbigin, Missional, Missional church, Modes of Missional Theological Reflection, Moltmann, Systematic Theology, The Doctrine of Election, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, The Open Secret, Van Gelder, Wayne Grudem
March 18, 2011 | 7 Comments
As promised, today I will begin posting my assessment of Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins. First I want to give you the outline of where I am going. I will update this page as each part is posted. If it … Continue reading →
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Tagged Final Judgment, Heresy, Love Wins, Orthodoxy, Rob Bell, Universalism
February 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
Watching Higher Ground hit me hard, because Corinne’s first experience with Christian community was very close to mine. I could fully identify with her struggles on the road to becoming fully human. After watching this film, I went up to … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Community, Current Affairs, Faith, Featured, Film, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Caroline Briggs, Hermenuetics, HIgher Ground, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Review, Vera Farmiga, Windrider Forum
September 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
Wide Angle of Hong Kong Originally uploaded by dream awakener Here is the complete series on – A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief] Part I: Recovering Missio Dei Mission is not primarily an activity in the church. It is derived from … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief]
March 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
Here are a string of posts about what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world. In this series, I share a brief summary of each of the chapters of Dallas Willard’s – The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Calling, Community, Ecclesia, Faith, Featured, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology |
Tagged Dallas Willard, Discipleship, Kingdom, Spiritual Formation, Teacher
Leadership on the Line by Heifetz and Linsky – A Proactive Report
Divided by Hell? An Assessment of “Love Wins” by Rob Bell: Heresy, Orthodoxy & Final Judgment (Overview)
A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief] – The Series
Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender – A Review
Sundance Review – ‘Higher Ground’ Achieves Higher Ground
Creating a Missional Culture – A Year Later
A Primer on Today’s Missional Church
New Testament and Mission – An Analytical Report