I’m hitting the road this morning to head north to Orlando, Florida (yes, that’s four hours north!) for the 2009 GCA Church Planting Conference. This conference is “an inter-denominational training event designed to equip church planters, coaches and supervisors to start, grow and multiply healthy, gospel-centered churches that result in the spiritual, social and cultural [...]
Archive for January 2009
Where I’ll Be the Rest of This Week
January 27, 2009Mike McKinley Interviews Steve Timmis
January 26, 2009One of the more significant books of 2008 was Total Church: A Radical Reshaping of Gospel and Community by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis (#9 on my top 25 list). Mike McKinley (from IX Marks) recently interviewed Steve Timmis on various issues including preching, membership, leadership, evangelism, and missions. I thought the interview was well [...]
A Follow Up Question
January 25, 2009Following up on my last question (I’m going somewhere with this), allow me to ask a follow-up question for your consideration as well: “If there is no life in Christ apart from love for Christ, how does one come to have a love for Christ?” Discuss.
A Question for Your Consideration
January 24, 2009Question: “Is it possible to have life in Christ without love for Christ?” Please answer/discuss in the comments.
Planting without a Family
January 21, 2009Last night, Scott Thomas asked the question, “Do you think a never-married single man should plant a church?” This question has been raised before, but I have not really thoroughly thought through it. Can a single man pastor a church, plant a church, or minister in a church? Are there biblical prohibitions? Exceptions? Prescriptions? These [...]
Rick Warren’s Inaugural Prayer
January 20, 2009Let us pray: Almighty God, our Father, everything we see, and everything we cant see, exists because of You alone. It all comes from You, it all belongs to You, it all exists for Your glory. History is your story. Scripture tells us: “Hear oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One; [...]
Plant and Thrive: Acts 29 Boot Camp
January 13, 2009Plant & Thrive is a two-track church planting conference/boot camp of Acts 29 that will take place on Feb. 4-5 in Raleigh, NC (Vintage 21, who is hosting the boot camp, is an Acts 29 church). As you will see in the line-up, Acts 29 is continuing their relationship with Southeastern Seminary which is really [...]
Quick Hits :: 01.12.09
January 12, 2009* IX Marks is doing a multi-part interview with Steve Timmis (Total Church). Check out the discussion on monological vs. dialogical preaching. * According to the Barna Gourp, Christianity is no longer America’s “default faith.” * Creation Project is a blog by Jonathan Dodson which I have recently stumbled upon and am enjoying. Check it [...]
Jesus the Evangelist to the Unevangelized? Driscoll Thinks So, But I Have Questions
January 7, 2009The title of this post is a little bit misleading, but I don’t know of a better way of summing up the following quote. It is taken from a recent article by Mark Driscoll on the subject of evangelism. I appreciate much of what Driscoll says (and does in ministry), and given my particular research [...]
Nine Things for 2009, Part 3
January 6, 2009Part 1 (personal) :: Part 2 (family) The last three things for 2009 are related to the church. They are: 7. Seek First the Kingdom of God in My City I know this probably sounds generic, but much like “loving your neighbor as yourself” has captured me on the family front, seeking first the kingdom [...]
Nine Things for 2009, Part 2
January 3, 2009In Part 1 of my nine things, I mentioned three of them that were personal-oriented. In Part 2, the following three are more family-oriented. There they are: 4. Begin Teaching My Son the Children’s Catechism My son Nolan recently turned one, and he is quickly catching on to things we are teaching him. While he [...]
Nine Things for 2009, Part 1
January 2, 2009These are not necessarily “New Year’s Resolutions,” but they are some things that I hope to do this upcoming year. I am that, over the course of this next year, other things will arise (they inevitably do!); however, these nine things have become my leading goals for this year. Here are the first three . [...]
Living Skillfully
January 22, 2009With all your getting, get wisdom, Proverbs says. Wisdom, I have been told, is two things: the right application of knowledge, and consequently, the ability to live skillfully (live well coram deo). It is making good use of the mirror of God’s Word to expose our sin, transform our thinking, and shaping our lives according [...]
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