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 …
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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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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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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If You Love Him Feed His Sheep, Don’t Exploit Them!
In my last post, I Don't Care What Your Business Card Says, Mr Apostle, I touched on the theme of modern-day apostles and how just because one claims to be one, doesn't mean they truly are. The …
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I Don’t Care What Your Business Card Says, Mr. “Apostle”
In our day there is a proliferation of men “who call themselves apostles, and they are not…” (Rev 2:2) I constantly get friend requests and new Twitter followers on a more regular basis than I …
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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, …
Information, Imitation and Innovation in Discipleship
"For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I …
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Broken Views on Discipleship
I've been thinking a lot lately about writing a succinct blog post on what is discipleship since the majority of the time that I talk to a few other missionaries or pastors, I find myself …
Discipleship is not a Program
I have spent the last year or more living in a missional community in Peru, where discipleship is a core value of ours--if not THE focus of our mission. If you've spent any time on my blog in the …
Church Leadership: Is 50 the New 30?
Several months ago I was reading another blog post by Doug Paul, whose blog I follow to some degree since he works with 3DM, who I've been learning a lot from in regard to discipleship. I …
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The New Jezebel — “You’re Just Wounded!” | Podcast with SJ Hill & Dr. Crosby
This week I had another sacred cow barbecue with Stephen Crosby, S.J. Hill. This time we covered 'the new Jezebel'--which is nothing more than a newly packaged old lie, which basically …
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 …
