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Leadership Missional Theology
What is the Spirit saying to the Church (part 3)
March 29, 2022
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“An Explosion of Joy” I love that expression and I believe it wonderfully describes a healthy expression of evangelism and Christian mission in the world. Lesslie Newbigin, a British theologian and missionary to India once said, “Mission begins with an explosion of joy.” In this third part, I want to briefly talk about evangelism and […]
Leadership Missional Theology
What is the Spirit saying to the Church? (part 2)
March 6, 2022
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“God is not interesting enough for one to have an opinion about him. Scholars of religion call this attitude ‘apatheism.’” I am uncomfortable even writing that sentence, but sadly that is the growing attitude among many people in America today and a sure sign of our rapid secularization. Every week I try and walk into […]
Leadership Missional
What is the Spirit saying to the Church? (part1)
February 15, 2022
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In this new blog series, What is the Spirit saying to the Church? I will be exploring ideas that have been brought up by Tim Keller in his articles about the Church online at Life in the Gospel and by Stefan Paas in his book Pilgrims and Priests, Christian mission in a post-Christian Society. I […]
Devotional
How To Have A Gospel Christmas
December 14, 2021
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What are your expectations for the Christmas season? Has tradition, nostalgia and consumerism formed your expectations or has the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Most Christians would say Christmas is about Jesus’ birth, but does that necessarily mean the Gospel is at the center of their Christmas experience and expectation? Christmas and family traditions can be […]
Christian Life Tough Issues
Mandates and Conviction
October 11, 2021
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No one has been unscathed from all the banter and volatility around masks, vaccines and mandates. It is tragic to see how these issues have polarized our society, fractured families and even brought great disunity into the Church. The Church should be leading the way in how to discuss and handle these issues with grace […]
Church Tough Issues
Thoughts on History, Church and the State (v.4)
April 20, 2021
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“They do not see the radical claim of truth on the shaping of their lives.”  – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer pinned those words in about 1930 while he was on a visiting trip to Union Theological Seminary in New York. It was the time of the battle between the liberals and the fundamentalists. At the center […]
Church Tough Issues
Thoughts on History, Church and the State (v.3)
April 12, 2021
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“The state which endangers the Christian proclamation negates itself.”  -Dietrich Bonhoeffer This is a quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer from one of his messages during the rise of the Nazis in Germany. The power grab by Hitler and the Nazis came quicker than anyone could have imagined. It thrust the German church into turmoil and ultimately […]
Church Tough Issues
Thoughts on History, Church and the State (v.2)
April 5, 2021
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We should learn from history, but too many times we end up just repeating it. If anything proves the biblical doctrine of “sin” and that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, “ it should be the repeating of the same evils throughout history.  One of the worst evils that has […]
Church Tough Issues
Thoughts on History, Church and the State v.1
March 28, 2021
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“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” -Matthew 6:33  Recently I finished ready Bonhoeffer; Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor during WWII and Hitler’s Third Reich reign of terror between 1933 and 1945. Reading about the […]
Inspiration
What I See God Doing Now
September 30, 2020
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I write this with some fear and trepidation. Whom am I to even venture out to say, ‘What is God Doing?” However, it is critical that the Church restores its prophetic voice, especially as the Day of the Lord draws near. For some this is uncomfortable language, but it shouldn’t be because God at Pentecost […]

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