source More on Jim Collin’s five stages of decline from organizational greatness. 1. Hubris born of success Faith and confidence become pride and arrogance. Hard work and focus turns into a sense of entitlement to future success, “We’re so great we can do anything!” 2. Undisciplined pursuit of more That is, more scale, more growth, [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
How the Mighty Fall
26 June, 2009 – 11:21 AM
Jim Collins has a new book out on the fall of great companies. Here’s what the slippery slope looks like: Stage 1: Hubris Born of Success Stage 2: Undisciplined Pursuit of More Stage 3: Denial of Risk and Peril Stage 4: Grasping for Salvation Stage 5: Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death Movements become institutions and [...]
God is back (again)
25 June, 2009 – 11:21 AM
The millennium issue of the Economist published God’s obituary. Now the Economist editor John Micklethwait and Washington bureau chief Adrian Wooldridge have written a new book, God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World. It seems that America, not Western Europe, is the norm. Outside of Europe, the very things [...]
Out of Ireland
24 June, 2009 – 12:28 PM
As the Nestorians pushed east as far as India and China, the wild Celts and Anglo Saxons were moving south and east. As the map of Europe below shows. Meanwhile where was the Roman church with all it’s learning, wealth and political power? map
More on the lost history of Christianity
23 June, 2009 – 10:27 AM
According to Phillip Jenkins, the particular shape of Christianity with which we are familiar is a radical departure from what was for well over a millennium the historical norm: another, earlier global Christianity once existed. For most of its history, Christianity was a tricontinental religion, with powerful representation in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and this [...]
A lost history
22 June, 2009 – 2:38 AM
In his recent Cairo speech President Obama drew attention to the contribution of Islamic culture to civilization. He said, As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s [...]
Audio Bible for $7.49
20 June, 2009 – 10:11 PM
image Christian Audio has announced a sale on audio books. … Among them the ESV audio Bible for $7.49 USD.
Forum for church planters
20 June, 2009 – 4:55 PM
Here’s a website designed just for church planters who want to connect. Check it out.
Nestorian expansion
19 June, 2009 – 2:10 PM
Christianity has a longer history in China and India than it does in parts of Europe. … There you will find evidence dating back to of the presence of Nestorian missionaries Here’s a map of their spread If only they had headed south instead of north to China they might have made it to Australia!
t4t overview
19 June, 2009 – 8:13 AM
Follow the link to download an audio file that provides an overview of the 4t4 training for church multiplication that has made such and impact on Tim Scheuer. The link is good until June 25, 2009.
