May
19
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Evangelism,
Presidential Canidates,
conventional church,
creative,
creativite,
future church,
influence,
mission,
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Edward Fudge said:
Fred writes from the edge where faith meets the future and his writing often leaves me a bit uncomfortable — which, I usually conclude, is exactly what I need.
Wade Hodges compared Fred’s writings
“as alcohol, they must be taken in moderation. Otherwise, Fred will mess you up!”
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Apr
01
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Alan Hirsch,
April Fool,
Consumerism,
Culture,
Evangelism,
Interviews,
Leonard Sweet,
conventional church,
conversation,
emergent,
mission,
missional Read my conversation with Alan Hirsch, the author of The Forgotten Ways [here]
I was shocked when I heard that Leonard Sweet had accepted the position left vacant at Grace Community Church with the firing of John MacArthur. Read the complete story [here]
Feb
16
Posted under
Church of Christ,
acappella,
instrumental music,
mission,
missional If the Churches of Christ had given equal time and energy in equipping the people of God in missional aptitude as it has in convincing and pacifying its membership in transitioning from acappella to instrument accompaniment the Churches of Christ would be much closer to reversing the decline in its membership.
Feb
16
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mission,
missional Jesus incarnated and engaged an oral culture. Centuries after Jesus’ resurrection humanity transitioned an oral culture to a print culture. Uniquely my generation has seen rapid transition from print to broadcast to digital. This rapidity has caused overlap between the eras and the predominant teaching methods of each era. Oral readily contributed to experience (and irrationality), print to rationality, broadcast gave us a global perspective and digital is shifting our way of knowing to an interactive, global, anytime, anywhere experience. This will continue to complicate methods of teaching—reaching far into the future. Even more interesting is how these changes are forcing God’s people to carry out mission in an environment similar to the time when the ecclesia was born. Michael Riddell says, “Mission is always in the direction of the other, and away from ourselves.”
