Recently in Theology CategorySunday March 7, 2010 ~ 12 Comments
So how do we not make those same mistakes again? I believe it helps by going back and looking at the roots of the missional movement and having a robust theological discussion that heightens our awareness of the issues at hand. To that end, today I want to shift gears and begin to look at these missional issues through a more soteriological (the study of the doctrine of salvation) lens, covering the nature of salvation. Continue reading Monday is for Missiology.
Posted on March 7, 2010 at 5:26 PM ~ 12 Comments Sunday January 24, 2010 ~ 28 Comments
In September Brent Thomas, pastor of Church of the Cross in Peoria, AZ, took issue with a 9 Marks review of Jim Belcher's Book, Deep Church. Brent saw the review by Greg Gilbert as not only "snarky," but also unfair. In fact Gilbert's review actually received a response from Belcher himself on Trevin Wax's blog. There Belcher explained how Gilbert had somehow missed the point of his book. In his blog post Brent wondered if there was something of a growing rift within Reformed Evangelicalism related to the issue of the "missional church." Just last week Brent's suspicions seem to have been confirmed through another 9 Marks publication by Jonathan Leeman. Leeman's article, "Is the God of the Missional Gospel Too Small" is troubling in that he argues missional thinkers place a heavy emphasis on social justice that moves the church away from a proper emphasis on the gospel. Brent explained, Continue reading Missing the Missional Mark.
Posted on January 24, 2010 at 5:15 PM ~ 28 Comments Tuesday January 19, 2010 ~ 16 Comments
Why did you decide to write about the resurrection? Posted on January 19, 2010 at 9:00 PM ~ 16 Comments Wednesday October 28, 2009 ~ 9 Comments
As I mentioned and shared details on Saturday, I'm doing a conference tomorrow in Chicago. Whenever I come to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, I do a one-day seminar for pastors as part of my class. In this case, I will be focusing on "missional leadership." I recently taught on the subject in Oklahoma. Here is the video: Missional Leadership from Ed Stetzer on Vimeo. You can get more information about this training at the One Day web page. Here is the outline that I used in the video and I will be using tomorrow: Missional Leadership 1) Reconsideration of Leadership a) From superman to everyone
a) From three tiers to one mission
a) From "full service" to "simple mission"
a) God is a missionary God
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 11:16 PM ~ 9 Comments Monday October 26, 2009 ~ 9 Comments
Oh so many moons ago, I wrote a book with Elmer Towns called Perimeters of Light. In that book, we talked about how to choose your music. In light of my comments last week about, "Ending the Worship War Without a Truce," I thought you might find this helpful. The ideas are a bit of me and a bit of Dr. Towns. Here is the excerpt: We must test everything by the Word of God. All of us are responsible to interpret the Bible and apply it to our life but this is where disagreement comes because we interpret differently. Music is a form that is used to convey meaning. It may be the most challenging of all forms because it involves preference, emotions, vocalization, etc. The following seven test statements each relate to biblical principles that we should apply to our music to determine if it is Christian. Examine these seven test statements to determine if the music you prefer is Christian. Continue reading How to Test Your Music.
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 5:20 AM ~ 9 Comments |

























