Church and Kingdom
There is presently a revolution taking place among those on the leading edge of...
During my past 4 years as a pastor in the Bay Area I quickly discovered that one...
Amongst all the huff and puff, wailings and gnashing of teeth about the state of...
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Kingdom of God
In just 100 years, this country went from ‘unreached’ to ‘churched’, with...
I want to say from the outset that I believe in biblical inerrancy, the sufficiency...
By “kingdom” I mean the rule of God over all creation. This includes understanding...
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Community transformation
“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]
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]
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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