εις επαινον δοξης αυτου: Emerging Youth Group For my info and for your reading and thinking. Whenever big-name types come to speak in chapel at DTS, at least one of the different groups on campus will try to get them to speak after chapel at a “Brown Bag” lunch. Anyone who want...

Jesus walks into a bar … More younger people are delving into Christianity. But they are unlikely to worship at the altar, writes Barney Zwartz. ‘JESUS asked his mates to stay with him, but they got pissed and fell asleep, the bloody bastards.” As an account of the disciples’ failure in t...

Videos :: Desiring God These interviews with some of the speakers at the 2006 Desiring God National Conference (Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006) were used in promotion of the event. I want you to especially watch the ones by John Piper and Mark Driscoll. Piper gives an overview of what this conference was to be about. ...

Be sure to read the previous post before this one. In short, I reject the reactionary position that the church is to be summarized solely as missional. Mission is an essential part of the church, but it is only one of many essential parts. God is love, but it is wrong to say that love is God. Similarly, the...

Be sure to read the previous post before reading this one. “Our focus needs to change from just ministering to those within our midst to those that are outside our doors.” I think I understand the idea behind this sentence, and I agree that Christians need to express genuine love and compassion for tho...

A student in my class began a discussion on “Missional Ministry” with this post. I am going to post a reply to this post and then my reply to that reply. For many churches when we talk about missions or missions it is a program of the church. We have a missions committee and we have missions c...

What is a Missional Community Here is some more reading for you! More stuff from my class that I am trying to get my mind around. Click on the link above A missional community is a group of Jesus’ apprentices who so trust his brilliance and mastery of life, that they learn from him how to be like him for th...

The Emerging Church, by D. A. Carson I thought this article would be interesting to go ahead and post. Also I am in the middle of a discussion in my Contemporary Theological Issues class through Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA. I may post some of the discussions later.