Missiology

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• How to Learn from a Fisherman

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  Making Men-Catchers: Click | View Series Matthew 4:19—And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Our desire should be to be men-catchers; and the way to attain to that sacred art is to be ourselves thoroughly captured by the great Head of the College of Fishermen. When Jesus ...
  23 hours ago

• Jesus Is for Losers

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  American Jesus Stephen Prothero’s American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon investigates the various constructions of Jesus in American history. He argues convincingly that what Americans have seen in Jesus has been a reflection of themselves. The versions of Jesus that Prothero sees in ...
  2 days ago

• That thing missionary speakers do

  
  Pyromaniacs — Authority: 558
  by Dan Phillips Listening through John Pipers Desiring God on audiobook (which Ive also read more than once), I heard the good brother go on and on about missions, urging... well, apparently, every reader to go out to The Mission Field. Piper particularly leaned on pressing the point of taking the Gospel to ...
  3 days ago

• Ruined…

  
  iChilly — Authority: 117
  “Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and bone shattering crashes … a life ruined by a Jesus who loves us right into his arms.” Mike Yaconelli (Messy Spirituality) … man, I love ...
  3 days ago

• Jesus Teaches Us How To Be Men-Catchers

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  Making Men-Catchers: Click | View Series Matthew 4:19—And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Our desire should be to be men-catchers; and the way to attain to that sacred art is to be ourselves thoroughly captured by the great Head of the College of Fishermen. When Jesus ...
  6 days ago

• “I Won’t Trifle”

  
  Missions Mandate — Authority: 418
  A challenging thought on sobriety and earnestness for the gospel of Jesus Christ from Ray Ortlund’s blog : When a portrait of his friend Henry Martyn , missionary to India, arrived in Cambridge and was being unpacked, Charles Simeon responded: “I could not bear to look upon it but turned away, covering my ...
  1 week ago

• M Trivia 1.11: Answer

  
  Missions Mandate — Authority: 418
  Over the next few weeks the M Trivia will include questions about the SGI Conference speakers M Trivia for MM Express 1.11 : One of our main speakers for the ‘10 SGI Conference is J.D. Crowley, missionary to Cambodia. What minority language did he reduce to a written form before endeavoring to translate ...
  1 week ago

• Midtown Miracle… it’s ALIVE!

  
  iChilly — Authority: 117
  Hi friends, I’m sitting outside at a Starbucks in Florida. I’ve come down here to recharge my batteries and pick-up & drive back a ‘new’ vehicle for Netta that has been given to us. I say ‘new’ because it’s new to us – but, actually 11 years old. It’s a big, Chevy Suburban – very cool. I’m ...
  1 week ago

• Making Men-Catchers

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  Making Men-Catchers: Click | View Series Matthew 4:19—And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Conversion is most fully displayed when it leads converts to seek the conversion of others: we most truly follow Christ when we become fishers of men. Our desire should be to be ...
  1 week ago

• (Not) Sponsors – The Upstream Collective

  
  The Edge of the Inside — Authority: 422
  Would you like to go to Barcelona? Ed Stetzer offered a group of pastors the opportunity to join him on a “vision” trip to Western Europe. I had just finished an online course with David Fitch , “Readings in Postmodern Philosophy and Theology.” During our conversation at the end of that course, David shared ...
  2 weeks ago

• North Korea’s “Loss”

  
  Missions Mandate — Authority: 418
  North Korea has raised the value their currency for the first time in 17 years, a blow to their unofficial economy. The “won note” (sounds like it looks) has been altered at a 100 to 1 ratio. So an old 1,000 won note is now worth 10 won. The amount that can be exchanged has been capped, as well, devastating many ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scribbling w/ Crayons!

  
  iChilly — Authority: 117
  I’m sitting at Starbucks in midtown, on ‘black Friday’, with Maximus & Zoe…  Christmas music is playing, my 2 kids are coloring, laughing and talking (lots).  I’m finishing up some of my studying for the weekend. There are lots of tired, stressed-out, discouraged faces seated all around us. Rarely are ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Church as the Liberated Zone

  
  Khanya — Authority: 505
  Father Daniel Syosyev, the Moscow missionary priest who was murdered last week, said something very interesting in an interview shortly before his death. He was explaining why Christians should go to Church on Sunday, and his explanation reveals something of what the Church is. You Wish to See Many Miracles – You ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mistakes to Avoid in Church Planting: Ed Stetzer Interview (Part 1)

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  Click through to the Resurgence if you cant see the video. At the recent Acts 29 AMBITION conference , sponsored by Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ed Stetzer (missiologist extraordinaire) and talk to him about qualities of a church planter, staying the course ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book Review: Bill Wallace of China

  
  Kevin Stilley Dot Com — Authority: 143
  Bill Wallace of China , by Jesse C. Fletcher In a chapel sermon at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Paige Patterson recommended reading “Bill Wallace of China.” Most people know of William Wallace of Scotland through Mel Gibson’s movie “Braveheart,” but relatively few have heard of William ...
  3 weeks ago

• VERGE Missional Community Conference

  
  Church Planting Novice — Authority: 120
  I am officially part of the VERGE Missional Community conference social media team, and will be attending this conference February 4-6 in Austin. If you plan on coming, drop a comment. It would be good to connect during that week.
  3 weeks ago

• Dispatches from the Front

  
  Missions Mandate — Authority: 418
  “Dispatches from the Front” is the best mission documentary I have ever seen…and I’ve seen quite a few. “ Dispatches ” reports on how God is raising up churches in hard places through the faithful gospel witness of fellow believers. It traces the steps of Frontline Missions president Tim Kessee as he ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Book: Apostolic Function

  
  ?????????????: living the crucified life — Authority: 417
  I know I said a while ago “no more review books.”  But I did have a caveat: except if authors sent them or they just appeared.  Well, my friend Alan Johnson sent my a copy of his recently published book Apostolic Function in 21st Century Missions   published by the William Carey Library which is with the US ...
  4 weeks ago

• Fear the McLaren – Could there be something good?

  
  The Edge of the Inside — Authority: 422
  Recently I ventured to the great northwest part of our state to participate in a one day conference. During the conversations about what it means for the church to be “for the world” a panel discussion broke out. Two SEBTS seminary professors, a state Executive Director and a Director of Missions comprised the ...
  4 weeks ago

• How NOT To Be a Missional Church: Social Action-Driven

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 644
  How NOT To Be a Missional Church series: Click | View Series The missional church movement has been good and bad. On a positive note, let’s focus on the bad. I want to suggest three ways to not be a missional church. In continuation of the series, this post examines some of the defects of social ...
  4 weeks ago

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