It may feel like quite a while ago now, but I keep hearing of people who have just watched or listened to my Rob Bell debate. Thanks to the hard work of I am now able to share a complete transcript with you. It is very long, and rather than serializing it, you can read the whole transcript right here on the blog or download a PDF. The thing is practically a book! Read more
@danfram Thanks for the mention of the videos…Terrry was a great subject! in reply to danfram # Read more
RT @RickWarren: Leaders: you must allow plenty of time to change lanes if others are following you at high speed. # Read more
The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Those who are recognized as apostles by particular church networks are sometimes accused of making themselves equivalent to Paul or Peter, but this is not the case. In the similar context of prophets today, Jack Deere says: It is simply not reasonable to insist that all miraculous spiritual gifts equal those of the apostles in their intensity or strength in... Read more
Apologiess if you experienced an abnormal view at http://t.co/zF8WAQf today. It is fixed now. # Read more
The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Witnesses of the Resurrection? What then about the claim that to be an apostle someone must have seen Jesus in his resurrection? This assertion is based on 1 Corinthians 9, where Paul is justifying his apostleship to a church that was beginning to question it. Paul there makes a series of four assertions of his apostleship to the Corinthian church:... Read more
RT @JohnPiper: There is so much deep, heart-wrenching sorrow of regret among 60somethings. I plead with you who are under 40: Preempt this! # @richardwestley Jesus in the gospels taught people one to one, with a few disciples around, and to massive crowds. Why should we choose? in reply to richardwestley # RT @mrepucci: It's here! @TerryVirgo 's new book The Spirit Filled Church, all the way from the UK, Thanks @adrianwarnock for the source! # Read more
My friend Brian Mowrey writes: “In my last post, I mentioned we (Jubilee Church St Louis) have spent more money on evangelism in the past, yet were less effective at reaching the lost and adding them into our community than we are now. The main reason why that’s true is because we focused most of our energy on DOING evangelism versus BEING an evangelistic community . . . When you’re focused on doing evangelism, the goal is to get people to... Read more
The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Only Some of the Ministries Continue Today? We now turn to the third view: that the gifts of the Holy Spirit still continue today, but not the gift of the apostle. This view acknowledges that all five ministry gifts of Ephesians 4:11 were given by the ascended Lord Jesus to the church at the beginning, but contends that not all... Read more
@bobrobertsjr I was at heathrow an hour ago. We could have met up! I was coming back from South Africa. in reply to bobrobertsjr # Read more
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