Archive for April, 2008
Very interesting discussion in our Bible study yesterday about “the eternal state.” Thanks to Steve Walker for the N. T. Wright links. Another good resource I used was Wright’s Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship. The last two chapters are especially good regarding this subject, chapter 11, Heaven and Power and chapter 12, New Life [...]
Alan Roxburg has written a paper on Missional Leadership that’s being posted in several installments on the Allelon website. Part One is already up. If you’re a fan of John Maxwell and the like then you need to check out Roxburg’s paper. In it he challenges prevailing church leadership models that are based on business [...]
What will heaven be like? Will it be an “everlasting sing-along,” or will there be more to it than that? I think it will be more. What about you?
Several months ago I was having a conversation with a man who has been in church and in church leadership most of his life. He’s been a prominent figure in his church. We were discussing one of the specific teachings of Jesus. It was one of those passages that I imagine he’s taught from at [...]
My van got hit pretty hard by a hail storm we had a few weeks ago and it seems like I’m not the only one. My insurance will pay for a rental car, but the Enterprise lot down the street is completely out of cars. They said they’d have something by this afternoon, but here [...]
Man, o man, is this ever a good week to tune in to Shapevine.com. Tonight (April 21st) at 6 PM CST you can catch Sally Morgenthaler. Tomorrow afternoon (April 22nd) at 3 PM CST you can have an online convo with Len Sweet who will be talking to Peter Rollins. [Funny side story: Last summer [...]
Ok. So yesterday I got a very stark reminder that corporate worship is not about us and not about me. I’ve told the folks in our church that we shouldn’t get too uptight about worship styles as long as God is honored. Well, I had to put that theory to the test yesterday as we [...]
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