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Category Archives: Jesus Christ

Jesus’ model for ministry

One Jewish carpenter. A hand-picked team of twelve working class Jewish men who were required to leave their occupations and follow the carpenter around the regions of Galilee. A message about the present reality of God’s kingdom. Miraculous cures of the sick: people raised from the dead. Spiritual eyes and ears opened by the life-changing [...]

Posted 28 November 2007 § Daily Scribe § Ministry § Missions § Relational Christianity ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

McLaren’s “Troubling Questions About Jesus”

A couple of weeks ago I posted a query, "What do you think of Brian McLaren?" and the resulting interaction in my comments section was quite animated and, in a couple of instances, indicative of the polarized opinions toward this controversial author. I'm just an obscure American missionary with a very small readership, but I [...]

Posted 05 November 2007 § Book Reviews § Daily Scribe § Kingdom of God § The Gospel ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Famous Last Words

A father left his son, Charlie, in charge of the family business—a huge strawberry farm—because he was getting older and wanted to travel abroad while his health still permitted. The farm was handed down to him by his father forty years earlier and since then he had invested all of his time, energy and resources [...]

Posted 30 October 2007 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § God's will § Great Commission § Teaching/Preaching § The Church § Theological education ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Mistaking the Menu for the Meal

Do you ever read a book that is way outside your “comfort zone” (whether it’s a book on The Zen Approach to Expository Preaching or something written by an author who takes a completely different view on some aspect of the Christian life)? I recently chose such a book by Jack Deere, formerly an Old [...]

Posted 02 July 2007 § Ministry § Teaching/Preaching § The Church ‡ Comments (2) °

Jesus is not “a marginalized, Galilean, peasant hippie in a dress,” says Mark Driscoll

Whatever the “Sin Police” think about Mark Driscoll’s recent “Banned Church Planting Video,” [read his own comments there before listening to everyone else] you have to admit that he’s serious about reaching men and he’s not trying to do it by getting them in touch with their feminine side. Toward the end of his 9-minute [...]

Posted 02 May 2007 § Emerging Church § Ministry § The Church ‡ Comments (0) °