disciple of Jesus, husband, father, apostle
Church planting is a hot topic within the emergent, missional and incarnational movements. Books, teachings and conferences abound to discuss strategies and networking for church planters, most of which is well-meaning and sincere, but I propose is sincerely misguided. For if we accurately assess Paul, Peter, Apollos and other “church planters” in the New Testament we never actually see them...
Apostles And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of...
We were born into a fallen world. Each one of us has experienced negative circumstances as either a consequence of our choices or because of the consequences of Adam’s choice. Regardless of the struggle, we all have giants in our land – our “land” being a metaphor for our person. For a moment, consider your person (spirit, soul, and body) to be the land of promise: that...
I have come to the place where I feel certain words which are replete throughout Christendom are simply unredeemable. I believe they need to be stricken from our vocabulary and replaced with words that more accurately reflect what was in the hearts and minds of the apostles. Words are powerful in that they convey ideas, emotions and beliefs. When words become institutionalized they take on a...
And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of...
disciple of Jesus, husband, father, apostle