Still working on my book on missionary movements. I’m making good progress and getting some very helpful input from a small circle of practitioners. Most of the readers so far are Aussies. If you’re from anywhere else in the world and you are involved in multiplying disciples and churches, I’m keen to get your input. [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Floyd McClung on church planting movements
20 February, 2009 – 5:40 AM
Floyd McClung has just released a three part series on church planting movements. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but it will be good.
Back from the brink?
17 February, 2009 – 11:14 AM
foto Is the English church pulling out of its nose dive? A recent study says, “maybe”. HT: Christian Research UK
It’s always good to beat New Zealand
16 February, 2009 – 8:20 PM
After dominating world cricket for over a decade, Australia has had a disappointing summer. That’s why it is so satisfying to beat the kiwis and to beat them in style.
Learning from Ignaz
14 February, 2009 – 9:52 PM
Two observations on the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss: 1. Semmelweis was passionately engaged and humble enough to learn. He wanted to save lives. He did not accept current reality. He was a driven man. He knew what his mission was—save lives. And he did something about it. He did not come with preconceived notions of [...]
The Ignaz effect
13 February, 2009 – 7:48 AM
Next time you go into a hospital and come out alive this is the gentleman you should thank: Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865), a nineteenth century Hungarian doctor. He discovered there was one cause to the unusually high rates of women dying from “childbed fever” or blood poisoning following childbirth—dirty hands. At the Vienna hospital in which [...]
Darwin was right about man
13 February, 2009 – 3:45 AM
This year it’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. To mark the occasion the Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin was on the right track when he claimed that man was descended from apes. Today, the fact that “man” descended from apes [...]
Paul the missionary
11 February, 2009 – 4:00 PM
I’m a big fan of Eckhart Schnabel’s work on early Christian mission. He’s just released a new volume entitled “Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods” Schnabel recognizes his debt to Roland Allen’s classic written a century ago, “Missionary Methods: St Paul’s or Ours” There are some well written reviews of Schnabel’s work on Amazon. [...]
