Biblical Lifegroups Okay I know that the last “article”/post/lesson (what do I even call these things!) was pretty long…. I’m sorry, but I had to set down the groundwork before we could start building upon it. Anyway today’s article is going to be a lot shorter, I promise! So last time we took a lookContinue reading “Simple Smallgroups (pt. 2): Biblical Life Groups”
Category Archives: Religion
Simple Smallgroups: Three Simple Patterns
Simple Small Groups: Three Simple Patterns So recently I started to read this new book by a small groups pastor out in Kentucky. He started out as a skeptic about small groups but now he has fully bought into them. Naturally I wanted to see what he thought was so great about them so IContinue reading “Simple Smallgroups: Three Simple Patterns”
Missiology Book Review: God So Loves the City
Van Engen, Charles and Tiersma, Jude editors. God So Loves the City. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1994. Charles Van Engen tells us the essence of this book: it is “to explore ways to integrate theology, urban studies, and contextualization in a theologically informed, holistic, and transformational theology of mission.” This book is a collection composed ofContinue reading “Missiology Book Review: God So Loves the City”
Cool Christian Beards (pt. 2): John Calvin
This week’s beard is a good one, perhaps even my favorite one. Not because of how cool the beard is, although it is quite cool, but because of how cool the man behind the beard is. I’m not going to lie, I have reformed leanings so this dude holds a special place in my heartContinue reading “Cool Christian Beards (pt. 2): John Calvin”
Church Signs That Make Me Sigh in Disbelief…. #1
Thanks @Mattredman for posting this on your twitter!
Missiology Book Review: Dynamics of Christian Mission
Pierson, Paul E. The Dynamics of Christian Mission: History through a Missiological Perspective. Pasadena, CA: William Carey International University Press. 2009. Paul E. Pierson is Dean Emeritus of Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies. He is also Senior Professor of History of Mission and Latin American Studies. Before teaching at Fuller, he served asContinue reading “Missiology Book Review: Dynamics of Christian Mission”
Cool Christian Beards (pt. 1): Hudson Taylor
Joe Thorn (@joethorn) gave me the great idea of blogging about cool beards. At this moment, I am beardless, but its okay its coming back soon! So I thought it would be cool to put up a picture of some pastor/missionary/theologian that I admire for his beard and for his ministry. This week’s beard isContinue reading “Cool Christian Beards (pt. 1): Hudson Taylor”
Missiology Book Review: Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness
Van Engen, Charles and Darrel Whiteman, and Dudley Woodberry editors. Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008. Paradigm shifts in Christian Witness consists of essays written about Charles Kraft’s contributions to missiology. Eighteen different authors contributed to this volume. These authors focused on three areas in which Charles Kraft made a significantContinue reading “Missiology Book Review: Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness”
Salvation by Works
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 