I watched a video today by Tim Keller called “Grace and the City”. It is a really interesting discussion of what a City is and what that means for us as Christians. He covers alot of ground in 40 minutes, from how Christians engage the culture to the basic characteristics of a City to a Biblical [...]
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Grace and the City
Posted in culture, missional church, why i love memphis, world view on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To Burn or Not to Burn
Posted in idolatry, missional church on September 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I try to ignore stories like the burning of the Qur’an in Florida (which appears, according to late-breaking news, is not going to happen). Doug Wilson had some good comments, among them the following paragraph (emphasis mine): [W]hat are Christians to make of this action of burning a book, a book that we all believe [...]
What Kind of Church to Expect
Posted in Bible, gospel, missional church, quotes, reading, resurrection on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Church is sojourning, going through wild places on the way to an awesome destination. We are being led out of the wilderness, and while we lose a few (and sometimes almost entire generations) along the way, and the task of leadership requires discipline, but that doesn’t mean throwing them under the bus. “The Church [...]
Chris Wright: Mission is God’s Mission Before It Is Ours
Posted in Bible, gospel, missional church, Missions, quotes, reading on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chris Wright, in his fine commentary on Deuteronomy (NIBC series), comments on the “missiological significance” of Deuteronomy (page 8): Deuteronomy is a book for people on the move, literally at first, spiritually and morally thereafter. It sets Israel on the boundary of the land and looks beyond that boundary to what lies in store for [...]
last day to vote- get on it!
Posted in justice, missional church on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our friends at Advance Memphis are in the final four to win the World Magazine HOPE award for effective compassion. We highlighted the opportunity to vote when the polls first opened and now, with a few hours until voting stops at midnight, we ask you again to vote by clicking HERE if you have not [...]
Abba and Adoption
Posted in adoption, culture, missional church, world view on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Jason Hood e-mailed me an article called “Abba Changes Everything” that is in the current Christianity Today. The article is one of the best I’ve ever read on adoption. It is by Russell Moore, who has authored a book on adoption, called “Adopted For Life“. The gospel of adoption challenges us, first of all, [...]
Welcome to a Megachurch, Mr. Bonhoeffer
Posted in church, missional church, quotes on July 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Bonhoeffer’s impressions of liberal American church life are generally quite scathing. Unfortunately they apply well beyond his day and age, and well beyond liberal Christianity: In New York, they preach about virtually everything; only one thing is not addressed, or is addressed so rarely that I have as yet been unable to hear it, namely, the [...]
How Jesus Did Church: Companionship
Posted in church, Jesus, missional church on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Finishing up Graham Tomlin, Spiritual Fitness he has a chapter near the conclusion on some of the spritiual practices we see Jesus undertaking with his disciples. Much like Paul Miller’s book, Love Walked Among Us, this is a look at Jesus that longs to learn from what he did. Here’s one example (142-3): A striking feature [...]
business as mission
Posted in justice, missional church on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
i am always encouraged by men and women who use their God given training and vocational experience in an outside of the box way for the furtherance of the Kingdom. in east memphis there are a lot of folks who work with investments, money, and capital in general. below is a video showing how some folks [...]
Religion or Devotion?
Posted in Bible, church, gospel, missional church, world view on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have been reading a book called “Radical” by David Platt this week. Platt is the pastor at The Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. I was really enjoying the book so I thought I’d find one of his sermons online to listen to while I was working. I wound up listening to a talk he gave [...]
