Part V: Following the King So far in this series we’ve counted the personal cost of our commitment. We’ve learned how to be continuously aware of Christ’s presence and engage Him in fellowship. We’ve learned how to drink from Christ as our Source by turning to Him, beholding Him, and […]
Part IV: Drinking from the Source
Part IV: Drinking from the Source In the mid-1800’s, European invasion and colonization of Africa led to a time of significant discovery of the continent’s unexplored interior. Adventurers and missionaries alike pressed deeper into the lush green jungles for enterprise, evangelism, fame, and adventure. These explorers included the likes of […]
Part III: Awareness of the Unseen
Part III: Awareness of the Unseen You will not be abandoned, but I will not intercede. You’ve got to look past them, look past them. Set your sight on me. Oh Sleeper, Two Ships In the last post we explained that humans are actually hybrid life forms–partly physical and partly […]
The Simplicity of Christianity
The Simplicity of Christianity The only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity on the far side of complexity. Alfred North Whitehead After we’ve removed the man-made traditions, techniques, denominational emphasis, artificial preservatives that make Christianity complicated and confusing, what we’re left with is an astonishingly simple set of beliefs […]
Rethinking Christian Leadership
Rethinking Christian Leadership In the last post, we discussed how certain practices that evolved out of the church may be doing more harm than good. What may have been good ideas at the time have worked their way into becoming institutionalized sacrosanct practices. Such practices can obscure and marginalize Jesus […]
The Community of the King
The Community of the King Back when we lived in Germany, I took a three-day resident course on tentmaking ministry. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, tentmaking is where a person takes a job overseas to support themselves while performing missions work. One advantage over the traditional missions model is […]