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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010I want to alert you to an excellent article on the Leadership Network Advance website. It’s called “Eight Trends That Will Shape the Future of Global Missions.” The author, Eric Swanson, is one of the leaders of the Network. He interviewed fifty leaders of large churches with world-mission outreach, asking them about what they were […]
Rereading a Classic: Christian Mission in the Modern World by John Stott, Part 3
Friday, February 5th, 2010Today I finish sharing some quotations from John Stott’s classic book Christian Mission in the Modern World. Toward the end of his chapter on mission, Stott focuses on the question of vocation or calling.
I begin with vocation, by which I mean a Christian’s lifework. We often given the impression that if a young Christian man […]
Missional and Formational?
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009On Wednesday of this week I’ll be offering a workshop at the Renovaré conference in San Antonio. The theme of this conference is: The Jesus Way: Recovering the Lost Content of Discipleship. Conference headliners include Eugene Peterson, Max Lucado, Emilie Griffin, John Ortberg, Dallas Willard, and Richard Foster. I’m honored to be included on the […]
P.S. - Is the Missional Church Just a Fad?
Friday, September 14th, 2007Part 17 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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As I was working my way through this series, I received a question from Matthew in one of the comments. He wondered, “Do you think being missional is just a passing fad as marketing was for […]
Practical Questions and Answers About the Missional Church
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Part 16 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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1. “I could get pretty excited about being a part of God’s mission in the world. But, frankly, I’m overwhelmed already. I’ve got way too much to do right now. What should I do?”
For most of […]
Sent as a Community of the Good News, Part 2
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Part 15 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last post I began talking about how we are sent as a community of the good news to join in the mission of God in the world. I said that our corporate sending is […]
Sent as a Community of the Good News, Part 1
Monday, September 10th, 2007Part 14 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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When Jesus sent His first disciples into the world, He sent them as a community, not as a bunch of isolated individuals. How else would their mutual love prove to the world the genuineness of their […]
Sent to Enact the Good News, Part 3
Friday, September 7th, 2007Part 13 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Until a few months ago, most people were unfamiliar with William Wilberforce. The recent movie Amazing Grace has changed that considerably. This film, starring Ioan Gruffudd as Wilberforce, narrates the first part of Wilberforce’s truly amazing, […]
Sent to Enact the Good News, Part 2
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Part 12 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Yesterday I began to explain how we can enact the good news of Jesus even as we speak of this good news. Such enactment is essential if want people to hear us when we speak.
How can […]
Sent to Enact the Good News, Part 1
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Part 11 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Like Jesus, we have been sent to enact the good news. Not only are we to proclaim what Christ has done for us, but also we are to live out that good news in our daily […]
Sent to Proclaim the Good News, Part 4
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Part 10 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last post I mentioned that my college friend Lance, who was so free in talking about his Christian faith, didn’t have the knowledge to satisfy his friends’ inquisitiveness and criticisms. So he asked me […]
Sent to Proclaim the Good News, Part 3
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Part 9 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last two posts I’ve been explaining how we who believe in Jesus have been sent by Him to share His good news with others. In my last post I said that one of the […]
Sent to Proclaim the Good News
Friday, August 31st, 2007Part 7 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Like Jesus, we have been sent to proclaim the good news. In addition to telling His disciples to wait for the Spirit to empower them, Jesus explained what the Spirit’s power would accomplish:
When the Holy Spirit […]
Sent by Jesus to Continue His Mission in the Power of the Spirit
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Part 5 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last two posts I summarized the mission of Jesus. In a nutshell:
1. Jesus was sent by God in the power of the Holy Spirit.
2. Jesus was sent to proclaim the good news.
3. Jesus was […]
The Mission of Jesus
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Part 3 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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If you were to ask the average Christian, “What was the mission of Jesus?” you’d no doubt hear that Jesus came to die on the cross for our sins, so that we might have eternal life. […]
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