Tag: missional
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more on the bible and jesus
A couple weeks back I posted a quote from ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church which resulted in a good conversation in the comments. Now one of the book’s co-authors, Alan Hirsch, has weighed in with some helpful commentary. Those of you who contributed to the original comments will be interested to read…
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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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mission: single|married|kids (3)
You may want to first read the introduction, part 1 and part 2 to mission: single|married|kids. Because Maggie and I don’t have kids, I’m about to wade into waters I likely have no business being in. Oh well. When it comes to thinking missionally about raising children there are a couple of cultural realities that…
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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:…
David W. Swanson 