https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazaYo3jgSA A graphic depiction of the truth that Jesus is the fullness of all the Old Testament revelation.
The Redemptive Tension of Sharing Life
Our mission is sharing life. We use that phrase without qualification because we want to maintain the tension resident within it. We share our lives and we share his life. Both must happen simultaneously with equal emphasis. Without a commitment to share our lives (that is, to blow our personal agendas and preferences to live … Continue reading The Redemptive Tension of Sharing Life
More Farmers
Neil Cole astutely observes that when Jesus instructed his disciples to pray for more workers they were the only believers at the time. The request was not that God would stir the hearts of apathetic church goers but rather that God would capture the hearts and minds of people who were yet to believe the … Continue reading More Farmers
Rich Soil
Harvest need #4 of 5 is "Rich Soil." Jesus' parable of the sower in Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8 makes clear that the message of Christ will bring about a variety of yields based on the hearts into which it is sown. Not everyone will bear fruit and bring about a return. Out … Continue reading Rich Soil
Seed to Sow
Harvest need #3 of 5, "Seed to Sow," has no counterpart in the 5 PoP's because it's assumed that if a person wants to plant churches they probably know how to share the gospel. Unfortunately, that's not been my personal experience. I'm not afraid to talk about Jesus or what he's done in my life … Continue reading Seed to Sow
A Field to Plant
Years of life and ministry in a traditional church context had atrophied me into a missional paraplegic. Strapped to my institutional chair, I looked out into a wider world longing to engage with it yet finding no means to do so. When I read about the "Pockets of People" concept in Neil Cole's Organic Church, it … Continue reading A Field to Plant
Blessings from Above
In 1 Cor. 2:4-5 Paul recounts to the Corinthians how he went about his missionary enterprise. "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power." When going out to make disciples our … Continue reading Blessings from Above
Pleasant Street is Gone 