by Kenny Burchard | Sep 13, 2017 | Church Life, Cultural Engagement, Disciple Making, Evangelism, Missional, Practical Theology, World Misions
Protestants don’t typically like the biblical word “liturgy” (yep, it’s a biblical word. Keep reading!) because it is so often used as a synonym for dead religious rituals. That’s a mistake. In reality, it is a wonderful word that...
by Brad Blocksom | Jan 5, 2016 | Church Planting, Devotionals, Disciple Making, Leadership, Missional, Practical Theology, World Misions
2 Cor. 3:5-6 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives...
by Brad Blocksom | Dec 30, 2015 | Church Life, Devotionals, Disciple Making, Evangelicalism, Leadership, Messy Church, Missional, Practical Theology, Prayer, World Misions
So I’ve been reading through the early chapters of 2 Corinthians, where Paul does a defense of his apostolic ministry. And it got me thinking what if we used this instead of (or at least in addition to) the traditional “Pastoral” Epistles (of Timothy...
by Brad Blocksom | Sep 15, 2015 | Church Life, Church Planting, Devotionals, Disciple Making, Discipleship, Leadership, Messy Church, Missional, Practical Theology, Prayer, Small Groups, World Misions
Acts 20:11 And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. (ESV) It was Sunday. Paul had already preached past midnight. They continued to talk and share a meal together (perhaps two...
by Brad Blocksom | Jan 6, 2015 | Disciple Making, Discipleship, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Missional, Practical Theology, Preaching, Revival, World Misions
That’s right! I’m calling for an end to Fire Insurance theology as the central thesis of Evangelicalism! Or at least the out-of-balance, singular emphasis on “soul-winning” – especially at the expense of discipleship. Another way to talk...
by Brad Blocksom | Dec 16, 2014 | Devotionals, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Missional, Practical Theology, World Misions
Zechariah 14:16 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. (ESV) Well, its pretty obvious. We see this come up again and again in...
by Brad Blocksom | Nov 28, 2014 | Church Life, Devotionals, Disciple Making, Discipleship, Evangelism, Missional, Practical Theology, World Misions
Zech. 6:13 It is he who shall build the temple of the LORD and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” (ESV) I can’t help but go...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 25, 2013 | Cross-Cultural Ministry, Disciple Making, Practical Theology, Preaching, Short-term, World Misions
In 1843, Robert Moffat preached at the Barbican Chapel a sermon that raised the searching question of the eternal destination of those in foreign lands. He asked, “Who can look to the East Indies now, and to China now; who can look to those interesting portions...
by Kenny Burchard | Sep 11, 2013 | Disciple Making, Missional, World Misions
Dear college student… and high school student… and jr. high kid… Just a friendly note to ask you how you’re doing on your extended missionary venture at your school? “My missionary venture?” you ask. YES! Now that you’re back...
by Luke Geraty | Jan 19, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Church & Pastoral, Cross-Cultural Ministry, Missional, Reviews, Theology, World Misions
While I’m not a missiologist, I am very interested in issues related to missions, evangelism, and contextualization. Not only am I interested in those subjects from a biblical perspective, I’m also interested in how those principles are extracted and...
