What is a missionary anyway?
I read Alan Knox’s blog, and he has an interesting post on the topic:
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A “missionary” agrees
Last week, I wrote a post called “Staying Home = Missionary” in which I said that every believer should see himself or herself as a minister and a missionary. The only difference is that some are called [...]
Deuteronomy 6:4-8 - 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7 Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when [...]
It’s strange realizing that my own self-image is so different from God’s image of me. That still surprises me a lot and fills me with wonder and gratitude. Especially when the Lord breaks through and speaks to me about it in new ways.
Like a few weeks ago, I had a very vivid dream. [...]
So with the help of two very committed people (thanks L. and J.!), we’ve finished helping Wolfgang Simson with editing the final 1/4 or so of his e-book, The Starfish Manifesto. Click here for the pre-edited version, and type “ok” when prompted for the password.
In it, I stumbled across a great series of questions: Would the [...]
I want a bumper sticker that says, “I (heart) Narnia.” I’ve been reading the Chronicles of Narnia again–mostly because I’ve been housebound, caring for my son who just had a T & A (doctor-speak for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, but doesn’t “T & A” sound cooler and less painful?). I always have a one-person mini-revival [...]
Ed Waken, a good friend and spiritual mentor of mine, wrote this in a facebook post. It’s fantastic, and so I secured his permission to share it. Please read and do not move on to the next thing. Read and ask Jesus what this means for you.
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” The God who made the world [...]
I realize that is heresy to evangelical Christian culture. Post-reformation evangelicalism has always emphasized the pulpit in its architecture and the sermon in the Sunday event. Even to this day, the sermon takes the lion’s share of the Sunday event. Also, people today are subscribing to podcasts and listening to sermons online (as the [...]