Category Archives: church life
“I Wouldn’t Think So Much of the Gathering:” Engaging Francis Chan on the Church
Francis Chan offered some surprising thoughts at the Verge 2012 conference recently. Speaking on the church gathering, he said the following at the conference in Austin: If I just read the Scriptures, I wouldn’t even think so much of the … Continue reading
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Ghosts of New England: An Essay on Ministry
Just posted a short essay entitled “Ghosts of New England” on the perils and prospects of gospel ministry in New England at Gospel Alliance New England. My friend Josh Cousineau, a church planter in southern Maine, runs the site. Here’s … Continue reading
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New 9Marks Material on Conversion
The new 9Marks eJournal is out, and as usual it offers much to chew on. In lieu of discussing it, I will list the contents below and encourage you to give them a read. It’s on conversion, and I think … Continue reading
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What’s the Gospel Accomplishing in Canada?
John Mahaffey of West Highland Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario just commented on the state of evangelicalism in Canada. I’m not sure if you ever wonder how things are going up north, but I do. Very interesting thoughts from his … Continue reading
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Things You Should Go To: The 9Marks Weekender
I don’t know if you’ve heard about these, but if you’re interested in entering a full-blown “church lab,” a program that will allow you to savor God’s work to reform one local church–Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D. C.–then … Continue reading
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The Salon Writer Who Fell in Love with Joel Osteen’s Megachurch
This is one of the more unexpected pieces I’ve come across in a while. A woman journalist who writes for Salon and other leading publications, secular-minded and skeptically oriented, found herself in Houston and started attending Lakewood Church. For those … Continue reading
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Ed Stetzer on DeYoung/Gilbert: Are Pastors Qualified to Speak on Theology of Mission?
The pastor-theologian is a subject of great interest to me, as my introduction to the book The Pastor as Scholar, the Scholar as Pastor: Reflections on Life and Ministry (Crossway, 2011) by John Piper and D. A. Carson shows. Because … Continue reading
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New IXMarks: Pastoring Women
The new IXMarks eJournal is out, and it’s on pastoring women and honoring and understanding distinctiveness. Below is a listing of the Journal’s contents. I. Pastoring Women: Understanding And Honoring Distinctness Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship By Jonathan Leeman If … Continue reading
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Why Do Multi-Site When You Can Plant?
Christianity Today posed this question to a number of leading ecclesiological thinkers and got a number of interesting answers (HT: 9Marks). I recommend you check the whole thing out (it’s just two pages). What I found most striking among the … Continue reading
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Wise Words from Mark Driscoll on “Loads” and “Burdens”
I found this somewhere on the web and thought it was well worth pondering together (does anyone forget where they found content? ). In the quotations below, pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church (Seattle, Washington) defines what he sees … Continue reading
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