Posted in Christian, Church Planting, God, Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Personal, christian discipleship, christianity, church, community, evangelism, jesus, life group, missional, missionary on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I grew up in a Christian home but started following Jesus when I went off to college at the very liberal University of Michigan. I got involved with Campus Crusade for Christ there and deepened my relationship with Jesus through bible studies and outreaching on campus. When I moved out to california in 2001, I [...]
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I love reading ChristianityToday.com, because of the rich articles that not only encourage me in my faith, but get me thinking more about how to live missionally and to be a more effective missionary in the world. Christianity Today has launched a project to ask questions about culture, mission, and the gospel, as well as [...]
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Posted in Church Planting, Culture, Pastors, books, christian discipleship, evangelism, jesus, missional, sharing your faith, social justice on July 1, 2007 | No Comments »
The below Devotional sparked these ideas on what our responsibility is as Christians, to be a pleaser of men or pleaser of God.
I am challenged every day to choose to be either a pleaser of men or a pleaser of GOD. Do I have an Audience of One - the God of this Universe - [...]
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Tim Keller wrote a great article on the importance of reaching the 3 largest cities in America in order to not only change culture but also affect the world and our lives.
http://theresurgence.com/tim_keller_2002_a_biblical_theology_of_the_city
SUMMARY
* Reach the city to reach the culture. Protestant (evangelical) Christians are the least urban religious group and thus have the least impact culturally. [...]
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I read Driscoll’s blog recently, and he shared about a conference where JI Packer spoke about the importance of the Scriptures in showing others “The Way” on their journeys. I found some great insights both for evangelism purposes and reaching out to a lost culture in need of Jesus.
Driscoll’s Blog Post
Packer began by reading Psalm [...]
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reFocus Preaching & Theology Conference for Pastors & Bible College/Seminary Students
Mark Driscoll - Recapturing A Nation
Our desire is to help you…
*Refocus your heart on the wonder of Jesus.
*Refocus your preaching and teaching on the sufficient work of Christ as the only way of salvation.
*Forge relationships between participants that will bring biblical refocus to our [...]
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Conference Messages
We heard from John Piper, Mark Driscoll, Voddie Baucham, D.A. Carson, Tim Keller, and David Wells as they unpacked the supremacy of Christ over this postmodern world and how it relates to truth, love, joy, the Gospel, and the Church.
Conference Audio Highlights
David Wells
Christ’s Supremacy in the New Testament
Christianity Is Becoming De-Westernized
Fear in the West [...]
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I was really encouraged after reading this article on the Emergent vs. Emerging Church and understanding these movements and how to reach out to culture with truth (orthodoxy) in love (humility). Check out the link below and see an excerpt below:
http://sites.silaspartners.com/CC/article/0,,PTID314526|CHID598014|CIID2249226,00.html
CONCLUSION
I want to close with a couple of quotes from pastors wiser than myself. First, [...]
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Friends, i’m not an avid reader but for some reason, i’ve churned out 2 books on reaching culture with the gospel in less than 2 weeks. One that I wanted to highlight today is Mark Driscoll’s book “Radical Reformission: Reaching out without selling Out”, A brilliant book that balances reaching cultures with an unchanging, uncompromised [...]
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