Here's a good quote from Cornelius Plantiga regarding outreach. Claiming allegiance to the Christ who speaks in active imperatives (Go! Tell! Witness! Declare! Proclaim!), we Christians nonetheless prefer to keep the bread of life in our own cupboard and to speak of it only to those who already have it. Do we subconsciously suppose that in … Continue reading Plantiga on Cocooning
Son of Man
Here is lesson #36 in the Messiah Series. This one is on end times from Daniel 7-12.
Sketchy Me
We met on Sunday at Fair Park. As we were sharing stories, it so happened that my story from earlier in the day involved people that I called "sketchy." It was at that moment that I realized that some of our members might have fit into that profile for others who didn't know them. They … Continue reading Sketchy Me
The Every BODY Study
Basis and Values The Bible was written not primarily to individuals but to communities of faith. Because of this, it can be best understood when contemplated in community. The Every Body Study is designed to enable everybody to facilitate a productive biblical conversation in every body of believers. Rather than aiming at educational outcomes like … Continue reading The Every BODY Study
Jesus, the Sum of the Old Testament
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
Pleasant Street is Gone 