Saturday, January 28, 2012

Church and Kingdom

Contrasting Kingdom Leaders and Church Leaders Contrasting Kingdom Leaders and Church Leaders

 There is presently a revolution taking place among those on the leading edge of... 


Pastors visit your people at work Pastors visit your people at work

During my past 4 years as a pastor in the Bay Area I quickly discovered that one... 


Evangelism is not working …. but it could be Evangelism is not working …. but it could be

Amongst all the huff and puff, wailings and gnashing of teeth about the state of... 


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Kingdom of God

From church planting success to genocide From church planting success to genocide

In just 100 years, this country went from ‘unreached’ to ‘churched’, with... 


Dont say ‘The Bible says So’ Dont say ‘The Bible says So’

I want to say from the outset that I believe in biblical inerrancy, the sufficiency... 


Why I preach the Kingdom Why I preach the Kingdom

By “kingdom” I mean the rule of God over all creation. This includes understanding... 


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Community transformation

Only God Transforms; Only God Deserves the Glory Only God Transforms; Only God Deserves the Glory

“Transformation” is a current hot topic in the church and in missiological circles. In general Christian usage, the concept reflects a movement from darkness to light – from individual and societal brokenness caused by sin toward the healing of that brokenness. This healing expresses itself in the relative presence of God’s Shalom – relative... [Read more of this article]


The Ideas we inherit – and the things we are passing on The Ideas we inherit – and the things we are passing on

Stalin famously said ‘ideas are more powerful than guns’.  Ideas change our thinking and as our thinking changes, so does our behavior and our actions. Recently I have been looking back at times in history when business and mission have been connected. Although the term ‘business as mission’ is a fairly new one, there have been numerous points... [Read more of this article]


Lose the faith – lose the culture Lose the faith – lose the culture

I was in a reception line for a charity in Sydney a little while ago and people were filing past and politely saying ‘hello’ to the heads of the charity and then to my wife and then to me, and a very charming and gracious elder lady from a prosperous area of Sydney, immaculately dressed and manicured, looked straight at me in the eyes and great... [Read more of this article]


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