Eric Liddell –“God Made Him For China”
With Usain Bolt’s inspiring third win in the Olympic 100 meter race, a lot of people (especially Christians) might remember the film Chariots Of Fire and the words attributed to Eric Liddell “God made...
View ArticleHow Christianity Flourishes (via Jared Wilson)
Christianity flourishes at the margins, not when it controls. Jared Wilson: Christian mission has always thrived by surging in the margins and under the radar. When we somehow get into positions of...
View ArticleThe Living Heart Of Mission In Corporate Worship (via Zac Hicks)
Zac Hicks on corporate worship as true mission activity, perhaps in contrast to being evangelistic activity. The symbiotic relationship between worship and mission means, first of all, that it would be...
View ArticlePerfectionism Is Just Chronic Insecurity In Disguise (via Sam Kim)
Sam Kim writes about the social media fueled anxiety that seems to be eating away at younger generations. Courtesy of Ed Stetzer’s blog: In a culture based on shame and superficiality, the elephant in...
View ArticleOn Praying That God Would Bring In People Not Like Us (via Daniel Darling)
Daniel Darling on church being a snapshot of God’s grace and not homogeneous unit management principles: Sometimes, in our quest to create cutting-edge churches, we sacrifice our long-term futures for...
View ArticleThe Deceit Of Riches (via Mez McConnell)
Mez McConnell reflects on Jesus observation about wealth being an obstruction to entering the kingdom of God and the implications of that for evangelism and church planting: The Danger of Wealth Jesus...
View ArticleThe Unique Selling Proposition (USP) Of Christianity (via Gary Millar at...
Gary Millar reflects that in contemporary culture, making the idea that a local church is ‘just like you’ as central to its efforts to reach out into the community is no longer effective. His...
View ArticleThe Best Thing You Can Do For The Kingdom (via Mez Mc Connell)
Mez McConnell writes frankly about a Christian culture that won’t invest in reaching hard places, but encourages people and churches to spend money based on sentiment or experience for little real...
View ArticleConsidering The Gospel Evidence (via Dale Ralph Davis)
The beginning of Gospel proclamation was not eye-witnesses trying to convince those who had not seen, but one group of eye-witnesses seeking to help other eye-witnesses understand what they all had...
View ArticleThe Christian’s Task In Every Age (via Carl Trueman)
A quote from a recent book by Carl Trueman, as posted here. “The task of the Christian is not to whine about the moment in which he or she lives but to understand its problems and respond appropriately...
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