measure by measure... with mike and leslie

Relationships and Finances: obedience-based discipleship’s two last hurdles

mikeandleslie — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:26:17 +0000

It was Neil C0le who first introduced Jesus’s concept of obedience-based discipleship to me in Organic Church and in Cultivating a Life for God. It was a recapturing of an often overlooked part of Jesus’s last commission in Matthew 28:16-20: “Go…MAKE DISCIPLES…baptizing… TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.” My friend, Ross R0hde, was [...]

Protected: Christmas 2011 prayer update for the Globe Basecamp

mikeandleslie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:09:00 +0000

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Is Jesus a liar?

mikeandleslie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:18:53 +0000

Then, why don’t we believe what He says in Matthew 6:25-33?

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they [...]

An interesting point from 0rganic Church Greenh0use Trainings

mikeandleslie — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:43:14 +0000

I was reminded by two good friends here in Gl0be about this illuminating chart that explains key differences between 0rganic and attractional churches:

Cultivating Sowing Tending Growing Harvesting

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Interesting post by Skye Jethan1 on the longterm sustainability of megachurches

mikeandleslie — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:46:08 +0000

You can find it here. While mega(now giga!)churches are easy targets, the information Jethan1 discusses is worth listening to for organized, attractional churches on the whole. There are some serious sustainability issues they face — and even now are facing with the downturn of the economy.

I believe God is speaking with this financial crisis, [...]

True Strength in a man – some basic and early musings

mikeandleslie — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:35:32 +0000

Over the last couple years, the Lord has been talking to me about where my true strength as a man lies. I haven’t always been listening — often wanting to be in a prolonged warrior-stage that seems to have eluded me in my 30′s (but that is another story altogether). I know the easy religious [...]

Great post by Neil C0le on a truth God has been teaching us over the last three years

mikeandleslie — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:22:48 +0000

Our trusted friend, Neil, has written an excellent blog post on the topic of wine vs. wineskins. It’s full of wisdom and has a prophetic critique to our common mission/ministry practices. Coming from an experienced apostolic leader like him, it carries a lot of weight when he says that it’s all about the content, not [...]

Closely-Knit Relationships – a non-negotiable for standing up in hard times

mikeandleslie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:25:26 +0000

“…nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago– their water supply comes from hundreds of miles away and any interruption of that, or food, or power for any period of time you’re going to have riots in the streets. Our [...]

The real cost of emphasizing the good-seeming-yet-ultimately-wrong things

mikeandleslie — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:39:01 +0000

Found this on Alan Knox’s site. It’s a good reminder that our culturally “christian” priorities often promote death more than they promote life. We’d do well to listen carefully.

Arthur at “The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia” has written a very powerful post called “Our financial priorities.”

Although, Arthur, to be honest, I [...]

e-book on hearing God

mikeandleslie — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:19:41 +0000

One of our friends and mentors, Felicity Dale, has recently published a great resource that I would heartily recommend: A Simple Guide to Hearing God in a world where many voices clamor for attention. It’s inexpensive and in digitial format — including video interviews of various friends of hers.

This is what she says.

How [...]