Category: mission
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mark labberton on “the lima bean gospel”
This year The Christian Vision Project is asking the question, Is our gospel too small? The most recent reply come from Mark Labberton, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Berkly, CA. To answer the question Labberton asks a question of his own (my kind of guy!), Why does the gospel look to so many like…
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links: belief, bono, taste, first use of “missional”
John Stackhouse asks whether you have to choose between your brains and beliefs? However much sophistication they affect, they must run in very narrow circles. I mean, two billion or so Christians and they think that all of them are stupid? Two billion Christians, and Dawkins and Hitchens don’t know any who are intelligent? Update:…
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mission: single|married|kids (2)
You may want to first read the introduction and part 1 to mission: single|married|kids. Those of us who are married often have a tricky enough time caring for and encouraging our spouses without thinking about how we can engage with the mission of God together. In part 1 we observed that Paul sees the single…
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mission: single|married|kids (1)
You may want to first read the introduction to mission: single|married|kids. One of the ironies of American church culture is that while the New Testament speaks directly to the benefits of being single, our language and structures often imply that marriage is the ideal for all Christians. Consider Paul’s council in 1 Corinthians chapter 7:…
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mission: single|married|kids (intro)
A few days ago I received this question from a PCC person who had some follow-up questions after my last sermon: What do you think of couples having a mission? I assume this comes out of our recent focus on living missional lives within our culture. This question, combined with a conversation with (pastor) Steve…
David W. Swanson 