The Rev Chad Crawford has a message for you in this Christmas season. Reflect on your sins, consider how to improve, and spread the good word. “Get your congregation involved in these important changes.’’
Thing is, he doesn’t mention the Bible, God, Jesus, Heaven, souls or even Christianity. He’s actually taking over the church to preach [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
A new faith for Xmas
27 December, 2008 – 7:41 PM
The greatest gift of all
20 December, 2008 – 2:19 AM
God is most glorified in your when you are most satisfied with Him. John Piper
John Piper preaches on the call to world missions—powerful and confronting. He legitimately takes aim at the “prosperity gospel”. But wealth brings spiritual anemia to all of us who live in the developed world.
The threat to fulfilling the Great Commission is [...]
Dave’s blog
17 December, 2008 – 3:01 PM
Have you visited Dave Lawton’s blog yet? He’s telling some great stories from around the world.
Check out his story on the CHE Program (Community Health Evangelism).
Exponential
14 December, 2008 – 6:39 PM
If you’re a church planter, now is the time to start planning to attend Exponential 09.
Church Planting Movements
On the beach somewhere
14 December, 2008 – 2:28 PM
I’ve timed a few posts to drop while I’m away enjoying the Aussie summer.
Mind maps
13 December, 2008 – 12:12 PM
When we think about the spread of Christianity, we commonly use maps focused on Europe and the Mediterranean, as we know intuitively that this was the scene of the most intense and important activity.
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We see Christianity as a European reality and ignore Asia and Africa. But this does not reflect the actual history of the [...]
The unsurprising death of a missionary movement
9 December, 2008 – 2:05 PM
I continue to be fascinated by the story of the Student Christian Movement (SCM).
I’ve just finished reading another account of its spectacular history – from its rise in the late 1800s as a student movement for world evangelization, to it’s demise as an instrument of Marxist ideology in the 1970s.
SCM is a case study [...]
Stuck!
7 December, 2008 – 10:41 AM
My Yoda, Terry Walling has come out with a great book on transitions in life and leadership. He’s put his own stamp on the foundational work done by Bobby Clinton on leadership development.
The Bridge
4 December, 2008 – 10:45 AM
If my last post got your attention you may want to follow up by reading Rabbi Edwin Friedmann’s parable, The Bridge. It’s life changing.
