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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Part 1 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Note: I began this series a couple of months ago, but became distracted by other issues. The content is important enough to warrant completion of the series. But if I simply picked up where I left […]
Sent to Proclaim the Good News, Part 3
Tuesday, June 5th, 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, Part 2
Monday, June 4th, 2007Part 8 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last post in this series, I began to explain how Jesus has sent His followers into the world to proclaim the good news. This is one main reason He has filled us with His […]
Sent to Proclaim the Good News, Part 1
Friday, June 1st, 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 in the Power of the Spirit
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Part 6 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my last post I showed that Jesus sent His followers into the world to replicate His own mission of making disciples. We who follow Jesus are to make more followers of Jesus.
It’s easy to accept […]
Sent by Jesus to Continue His Mission
Tuesday, May 29th, 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, Part 2
Friday, May 25th, 2007Part 4 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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Yesterday I began to summarize the mission of Jesus in light of the mission of God in the Old Testament. I based my discussion on a passage from chapter 4 of Luke’s gospel. Here’s that passage, […]
The Mission of Jesus, Part 1
Thursday, May 24th, 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. […]
The Mission of God in the Old Testament
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Part 2 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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God created human beings so that we might have fellowship with Him and serve as faithful managers of His creation (Gen 1-2). God was to be the King who reigned over heaven and earth, and we […]
Mission Impossible?
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Part 1 of series: The Mission of God and the Missional Church
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In my early teenage years, nothing captured my imagination like the television classic, Mission: Impossible. Intricate plots, dire situations, ingenious devices, split-second timing – all of these combined to keep me on the edge of my […]
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