This is an excerpt from my friend Jonathan Brenneman's first book, I Am Persuaded. This book has helped people to cut through the authoritarian bias of many scripture translations and resolve …
Don’t Go Looking For Manna on the Rest Day
When the people of Israel were coming up out of Egypt into their promised land, the Lord provided their sustenance in the form of manna. He provided it, but the people had to do their part and …
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God’s Feminist Movement | Interview with Amber Picota
Would you be shocked, offended or apathetic if I told you I haven’t had any female guests on the podcast in over 6 years? Yes that’s right, somehow six years have gone by since the last time Fire …
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Failing Successfully
The last time I was in Canada I had lunch with a pastor friend close to my age. He wanted to discuss how we’re doing the whole missional thing down here in Peru. He also reads a lot of the same …
If you can’t take criticism, don’t bother to write…yet
Whether you blog or write self-published books, you’re bound to face criticism for your writings. In fact, something is wrong if you don’t. From time to time my books get one-star reviews …
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Thoughts on Why We Crave Religious Institutions & Systems
The other day I read a post by Rob Wilkerson, who is fast becoming a blogger-friend of mine in the realm of the subject of “the dones” and “organic church” or whatever term you want to use. He …
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Unconditional Obedience?
"And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back. And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have …
The One Thing EVERY Church Has That You Can’t Find in the New Testament
I realize just by looking at the picture I used for this post's title graphic, you probably can figure out what -- or I should say who -- I'm talking about. OK I get it, not every church has …
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Missional Movements Fail without Missional Longevity | Verge Network
In the missional Christian culture, we can be obsessed with creating movements and doing so quickly. You can attend conferences called Movementum and read a dozen how-to manuals on creating a …
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When Is It OK To Oppose Church Leadership?
"Never have I seen a nation so honoring and proud of the role of President and yet so dishonoring and undermining of the President himself as the United States." That is how Anna Burgess's …
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Let Your Disciples Outpace You
This past weekend my disciple Raul came over to our apartment, urgently wanting to talk to Lili and me after having just got back within the last hour from a 10 day trip into the jungles of …
Do You “Misremember” Stories You Share?
I posted a blog a few weeks ago called "Do you know what your missionaries are actually doing?", and though it didn't exactly go viral or anything, I can't help but think this whole situation …
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If Any Man Defile The Temple of God
"According to the grace of God, given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can …
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Do You Know What Your Missionaries Are Actually DOING?
I recently read an article about a public works official in India who was fired after not coming into work for twenty-four years, Shri A.K. Verma, an executive engineer with India's Central …
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Come up out of Babylon And Build God’s Temple
Today I'm going to do something I've never quite done before. I initially sat down to write this after meditating on and praying into just what building the Lord's church looks like. I had …
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Understanding: The Key To Success | Interview with Dr Shane Wall
Greetings friends. I've got quite a different episode of the show for you today -- unlike any I've recorded before. No, not because every episode is unique and so of course it stands to reason …
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Compatibility in Discipling Relationships
In the world of technology, there’s a very simple (yet in reality very complex) concept called “compatibility.” For example, there’s certain apps that work on iphones, but if you try to use them …
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Innovation in Discipleship
Like I mentioned in last Thursday's blog post, while I was in the jungle of Pucallpa I taught on information, imitation and innovation. In today's post I'm going to focus on that last part, …
What’s Holding You Back From Your Dreams?
Recently I was setting out to accomplish a task that I’ve known for a long time I could easily do, but for some reason I had put it off. I am not talking about procrastination, but the type of …
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Women in Ministry? An Exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:8-15
This is another 'bloggified' version of a paper I wrote in Bible school, which might read a little drier than most of my posts on my blog. I post it for putting some of my thoughts out there and …
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A Humble Plea For Leaders To Admit When They’re Wrong
I'll never forget the advice of my twelfth grade World Issues teacher, Mr Dobson. He gave me this advice back in the spring of 1999. I had just given a presentation to my World Issues class on …
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Accountability and Spiritual Covering – Are They Biblical? | Podcast with SJ Hill & Dr. Stephen R. Crosby
Last week I got to record a podcast with SJ Hill again and for the first time author and speaker Dr. Stephen Crosby, who I've been getting to know a bit better through Skype and having had lunch …
Authority vs. Submission
by an anonymous friend. Knowing exactly what authority is and what it is not, is absolutely critical in a world where we face it everyday. When a policeman flashes his lights behind you and …
Authority, Accountability and the Apostolic Movement | Book Review
Few books have come into my hands in the last few years that have made me want to get other people to read it. When I read a few reviews online about this book by Dr. Stephen Crosby stating it …
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A Thought on Pioneering Leadership
Recently I was driving to my hometown at night from Brantford, Ontario with my father in the passenger seat of his car. I'm very familiar with the route because I'd taken it many times over the …
