Full-scale missional work, as we see in Matthew 10:37-39, moves from love to sacrifice. He who loves anyone more than me, Jesus says, is not worthy of me. Anyone is clear, and a very forceful. But…
On Blogging
Sep 7, 2005 @ 21:34 By 10 Comments
If you like blogging as much as I do, it is worth the effort and cost to move over from a generic brand to WordPress. The change for me has been efficient and has permitted me a variety of new features, not the least of which is the Categories and the poll. Dave Anderson, from [...]
Grace Grinding: Some Concrete Examples
Sep 7, 2005 @ 8:50 By 41 Comments
The original post and then a follow-up on what I labeled “grace grinding” has generated far more attention than I expected. There has been plenty of activity on my blog but also on others, including especially the Jolly Blogger. I’ve been asked to give some concrete examples, and so I do so here.
Jesus on Being Missional 11
Sep 7, 2005 @ 7:15 By 2 Comments
Missional work can be divisive. It doesn’t have to be, often it is not, but sometimes it is. One of Jesus’ harder and harsher words is this: “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth — I did not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). And often misunderstood, [...]
He made it
Sep 6, 2005 @ 16:56 By 2 Comments
Lukas, my son, decided to try to run a half-marathon without training. Read his own story about it. Laura, my daughter, is running hers this weekend — only she’s been training for months.
Jesus on Being Missional 10
Sep 6, 2005 @ 8:12 By 9 Comments
This is getting to be a long series, but Matthew 10 is long and it is important to stick it out to see what Jesus has to say about missional work. In our verses today, Matthew 10:26-33, there is a strong warning on Jesus’ part: fear God and don’t fear humans.
A Family that runs together…
Sep 5, 2005 @ 22:44 By 2 Comments
Believe it or not, I was once a cross country runner. Believe it or not, I ran for my college team. But here’s the skinny: my basketball coach in college came to me and said that the cross country team was down a runner and needed one more runner to start the race and finish [...]
Pagitt on Preaching 3
Sep 5, 2005 @ 20:59 By 7 Comments
Scot: I like Doug Pagitt’s idea of “implicating†the audience in the text and sermon. That is, he argues that “application†is an insufficient term to describe the full intention of what the Bible wants from us as we hear the Word. He suggests the Bible, and the sermon as the working out of the [...]
Poll on pastoral skills
Sep 5, 2005 @ 16:35 By 15 Comments
Here’s a new poll. What do you think is the number-one most important skill or gift or attribute for a pastor? I know, I know, I know — we need persons gifted with more than one gift for this vocation. But, still, what do you think is most important?
Poll on translations
Sep 5, 2005 @ 16:33 By 11 Comments
The first poll is now complete. The final results for my blog readers on translations are:
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