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Category Archives: Missions
Elentics and the Holy Spirit
All who care about reaching others with the goodnews of salvation must care about elentics Continue reading
Posted in Disciple-making, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Missions, Salvation, Sin, Witness, Younger Evangelicals
Tagged conviction, Guilt, Holy Spirit, shame
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8 point mission statement for your life
Who am I? Why am I here? What should I do? Who do I serve? How should I live? Continue reading
It’s not the way you think it is
Delusional self-confidence based on self-accomplishment is not far removed from self-righteousness. It’s an insidiously deadly poison that can be… Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Blessed by God, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church Leadership, Church membership, Deception, Following Christ, God's Heart, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Greatness, Jesus Christ, Judging others, Kingdom, Legalism, Love, Meaning of life, Mercy, Missions, Personal thoughts, Poor in spirit, Pride, purpose, Radical love, Repentance, Self esteem, Self love, Self-deception, Selfishness, Spiritual inventory, Teaching of Jesus, True Christianity?, Walking with God, Worldview
Tagged A true church, Ladociea, Pharisees, Revelation 3, Who are the true followers of Jesus?
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Four reactions to culture
Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christian worldview, Church and State, Church Leadership, Culture, Culture of Honor, Emerging Leaders, Evil in the world, Image of God, Leadership, Mission statement, Missions, Separation of Church and State, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Christian influence, political activity and the church, salt and light, social calling of christians
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Ministry from modern to postmodern times
Let’s embrace the challenge of seeking a better understanding of the shift to postmodernity and addressing it as a communication challenge for the gospel. Continue reading
Posted in Ministry to young singles, Missions, Modern, Postmodern, Worldview
Tagged Postmodern
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God of the vulnerable
“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Adoption, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Call to ministry, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Common Good, Common grace, Ethics, Evangelicals, Evil in the world, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Grace, Holistic ministry, Love, Mercy, Missions, Orphans, Prison Ministry, Radical love, Religion-not the answer, Seeing God, Seeking God, Social work, Theodicy, Vision
Tagged Adoption, God's true character, Mercy ministries, Orphan ministry
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Answering God’s call beyond the walls of the Church
leaders in the Church “need to help our people see that their calling is much bigger than how much time they put into church matters.” Continue reading
Common grace and common good
We are called to be agents of common grace who are committed to the welfare of the city of our exile. Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Call to ministry, Calling, Change, Common Good, Common grace, Culture, Culture of Honor, Evangelism, Government, Grace, Holistic ministry, Kingdom, Mission statement, Missions, Peace, Prison Ministry, Social work, Wisdom, Worldview
Tagged Common good, Common Grace, holistic ministry
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Essential truths for ministry
I feel certain that most Christians need a better vision of the greatness of their salvation — a panoramic view! We must learn to think of salvation as a return to full and final glory — a return to the Imago Dei (image of God).
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Posted in Christian Counselor, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church Leadership, Church membership, Elders, Evil in the world, Glorify God, God, God's Will, Holistic ministry, Human depravity, Human dignity, Imago Dei, Kingdom, Missions, Pastors, Reconciliation, Salvation, Wisdom
Tagged Basis for ministry, Church ministry, Theological foundation for ministry
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Are you distressed by religion?
“This is the zeal of the people of God that without exception every knee and every tongue should acknowledge the supreme honor given to Jesus” (John R. W. Stott).
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Posted in Acts 17, Christian worldview, Christianity, Culture, Evangelism, Missions, Witness
Tagged Acts 17, Mars Hill address, Paul in Athens, true worship
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