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Seven Habits Of Outwardly Focused Churches (via Thom Rainer)
Thom Rainer keeps turning out helpful numbered lists. This isn’t meant to be exhaustive or proscriptive, but it is a helpful observation to consider. We make a point of praying for the other churches...
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Church As Destination Instead Of Vehicle
Skye Jethani muses about the development of modern cruise ships from ocean liners and how that change can be identified in the life of some contemporary churches which have become destinations where...
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Acts 16 And Three Types Of People Impacted By The Gospel (via J.D. Greear)
Some thoughts on the sample of three people impacted by the Gospel in Phillipi in Acts 16 from J.D. Greear. It’s wonderful too, to realise that these three very different people all found themselves in...
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What Makes A Local?
This week’s Border Watch article. I ended up using a different starting idea than the one I alluded to last Friday. What Makes A Local? It’s the sort of conversation you often fall into in a country...
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Every Sunday Is Mission Sunday
With all the sensitivity that can be mustered, it has to be said on a regular basis that it’s so important for folk who are part of a local church to want to engage visitors and newcomers before and...
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The Beginning Of Mission (preparing for mgpc 3/5/2015)
Songs of preparation: I’ll Praise You In The Gathering (Psalm 22), My Lord, What Love Is This? (Amazing Love), and When Morning Gilds The Skies Call to worship: Prayer of Approach and Confession: Grant...
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Being Missional Is Not A Substitute For Partnering In Global Mission
This article from Gospel Coalition Australia challenges a perception that seeing our own localities as mission fields fulfils the local church’s obligation to partner in global mission. From the post:...
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Krosswerdz Brisbane And Nathan Carse
Another highlight at the Queensland Presbyterian Assembly was hearing from Nathan Carse who co-coordinates the chapter of Krosswerdz Brisbane. He finds himself regularly in the Brisbane Youth Detention...
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How Christianity Flourishes (via Jared Wilson)
Christianity flourishes at the margins, not when it controls. Jared Wilson: Christian mission has always thrived by surging in the margins and under the radar. When we somehow get into positions of...
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On Having An Ego That Is Subject To The Kingdom
Ed Stetzer wrote about the funeral of Cliff Barrows, an integral member of the Billy Graham Evangelistic movement. A striking point illustrated how Barrows’ ego was submissive to the cause of the...
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The Living Heart Of Mission In Corporate Worship (via Zac Hicks)
Zac Hicks on corporate worship as true mission activity, perhaps in contrast to being evangelistic activity. The symbiotic relationship between worship and mission means, first of all, that it would be...
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A Rescue Ship, Not A Luxury Liner (via J.D. Greear)
J.D. Greear restates a truth that needs to be revisited again and again about the nature of the church. In Long Beach, California, you can visit the Queen Mary, a ship that’s been turned into a museum....
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Akos Balogh’s Unexpected Lesson From A Flooded House In Lismore
Akos Balogh writes a blog where he sees the world through a Christian lens. He lives in Lismore. In this piece he writes about a reflection provoked by his experience of trying to keep floodwaters out...
View ArticleThe Two Missions Of The Church (via Jonathan Leeman)
More like two sides of one coin rather than two separate works. The church has an inward and an outward focus. Or, as Jonathan Leeman puts it, to be an embassy and an ambassador: The narrow mission of...
View ArticlePerfectionism Is Just Chronic Insecurity In Disguise (via Sam Kim)
Sam Kim writes about the social media fueled anxiety that seems to be eating away at younger generations. Courtesy of Ed Stetzer’s blog: In a culture based on shame and superficiality, the elephant in...
View ArticleThe Gospel Will Empower Its Own Implications (via Jared Wilson)
Jared Wilson writes about the mission response to Gospel preaching and teaching. Christian ministry can’t be motivated by fear and guilt. The good news about Jesus doesn’t just tell Christians how to...
View ArticleOn Praying That God Would Bring In People Not Like Us (via Daniel Darling)
Daniel Darling on church being a snapshot of God’s grace and not homogeneous unit management principles: Sometimes, in our quest to create cutting-edge churches, we sacrifice our long-term futures for...
View ArticleThe Counter-Cultural Activity Of Going To Church (via Jared Wilson)
Gathering week by week is a work of service to your fellow worshippers and work of witness to those who do not believe. From Jared Wilson: One of the most countercultural things you can do is get up...
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QuizWorx At The Assembly
QuizWorx share Jesus with over 100000 kids this year. We heard about the SE Qld unit at Assembly this morning. There was singing with action. Moderator Mike singing and dancing
View ArticleThe Deceit Of Riches (via Mez McConnell)
Mez McConnell reflects on Jesus observation about wealth being an obstruction to entering the kingdom of God and the implications of that for evangelism and church planting: The Danger of Wealth Jesus...
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