I know you hear this a lot but for serious Christians INSURGENCE by Frank Viola is the must-read book of the 21st century so far. Below follows a series of questions and answers as I interviewed Frank Viola concerning his new book. Read on and learn why I strongly recommend you get a copy as fast as you can. If you know me, you know I am serious about the church and I don’t play marketing games. Let’s get started with... Read more
Derek Webb is the founder of NoiseTrade, which recently launched a new offshoot called NoiseTrade Books. I caught up with Derek recently to talk about the site. You will want to read the entire interview. At the end, you’ll see how you can download 3 eBooks of mine for FREE from Noisetrade. Enjoy and share! For those who aren’t familiar with you, tell us who you are. Derek Webb: I am a musician & an entrepreneur. i have spent the better... Read more
I’m fairly sure that most of you are subscribed to my Thursday UNFILTERED email list. But just in case you aren’t, I didn’t want you to miss Thursday’s article, given the importance it has to me. The article is a call to help me assemble a Ministry Dream Team. Click here to read it. Read more
The New Testament is made up of numerous letters to the church, written by apostolic workers like Paul of Tarsus, Simon Peter, John and others. Paul alone wrote 9 letters to the church (or the early ekklesias during his day). Those letters to the churches are fascinating on a number of fronts. First, these letters give us a peek into the apostolic message of God’s Eternal Purpose. Second, the letters also give us a window into the life of the... Read more
Like their predecessors, the “New Athiests” have had a field day with the Old Testament, using it to malign God and cast aspersions on His goodness. This isn’t terribly hard to do. Just open up Exodus, Numbers, or Deuteronomy and start reading them with a modern-Western-rational mindset. Enter David Lamb’s compelling book, God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist? Lamb is an Old Testament scholar. And his God Behaving Badly is a fog-clearing piece of work... Read more
Have you ever read the Old Testament . . . all of it? It’s riddled with episodes of God becoming angry, God being filled with hot-boiling wrath, God changing His mind, God commanding Israel to destroy other nations — including the women and children, God creating “seemingly” crazy unreasonable laws, God allowing injustices, etc. etc. Right? All of this has given atheists, agnostics, and those hostile to Christianity ample ammunition to try and discredit the faith. At the end of... Read more
The following is a guest article written by Amy Tori. In an increasingly unsettled world, it’s important to find anchors in life to help us weather any challenges and times of emotional turmoil. It’s in times of great difficulty that many turn to their faith for extra guidance. Spending more time in the presence of God, or simply communicating with God, can reveal meaning and light in even the darkest of circumstances. And while turning to Faith and spirituality is... Read more
The following article is from Reimagining Church by Frank Viola, the part of the book entitled “Who is Your Covering?” (copyright 2008, David C. Cook). The endnotes aren’t included in the article, but they appear in the book. REIMAGINING LEADERSHIP The New Testament doctrine of ministry rests therefore not on the clergy-laity distinction but on the twin and complimentary pillars of the priesthood of all believers and the gifts of the Spirit. Today, four centuries after the Reformation, the full... Read more
I don’t care what form in which it comes . . . be it organic church, simple church, house church, para-church organizations, or traditional churches that are strong on community . . . what I address in this conference message is off the radar screen for many Christians today. And even if they’ve read or heard about it, when pressure is put upon them or their expectations aren’t met, they forget all about it. Failure to lay hold of this... Read more
The truth can be shocking. And it’s no less so when one examines the spiritual life of one of the greatest icons of music — Elvis Presley. What did Elvis believe about Jesus? What was his spirituality like? What did he think about God and did he have a relationship with Him? The Seeker King: A Spiritual Biography of Elvis Presley by Gary Tillery is a remarkable book about the spiritual ideas and life of the larger-than-life personality, Elvis Presley.... Read more
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