Taking the Shortcut in Missions
Every morning I take my children to school. And every morning we enter into the crazy car pool drop-off line. Crazy? Yes! Efficient? Well, that depends on whether or not you are in a hurry. All the parents enter campus and snake their way around the school’s property, until they reach the designated drop-off point. [...]
Interview with Bruce Ashford on Theology and Practice of Mission
Bruce Ashford’s book, Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations, was released yesterday. I want to encourage you to add this work to your library. Bruce is an Associate Professor of Theology and Culture and Dean of the College at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Recently, I had a chance to communicate [...]
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The Past in Review
Summer is here. And along with summer comes vacation. In light of my plans to experience rest and family and refrain from blogging, I thought I would leave you with a few of my previous posts from the past year-and-a-half. That way, whenever you are having problems sleeping over the next several days, you can [...]
Mobilizing a Great Commission Church
Wipf and Stock released a book this month that you need to add to your library. Mobilizing a Great Commission Church for Harvest–edited by Thomas P. Johnston–contains a variety of chapters geared toward leading churches to be on mission. Tom has been a friend for several years. We were in the same doctoral program and [...]
Thank You!
It has been over a year since I started this blog. In today’s post, I want to say thank you for your encouragement and share a little about the site. Check out the video below:
The Day After The Day After
I now return after the longest hiatus from blogging since I started this thing last year. The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy with teaching, speaking and preaching engagements, and writing deadlines. I’m thankful to be back…writing about The End. It is now two days after the false prediction of the return of [...]
Change the Atmosphere, Change the Culture
Yesterday, in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dr. Ed Stetzer spoke to the leadership of the North American Mission Board. While I was in Louisville and unable to be present, I caught a tweet that @NAMB_SBC attributed to Stetzer: “Creating a culture of multiplication is one of the hardest things we have to do as a denomination.” I [...]
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Does a Loving God Send People to Hell? – Part 2
Today, I take up in the second part of this series. Make sure you go back and read part one to get the context. You can find part one HERE. The excerpt below is a continuation of the chapter, “Does a Loving God Send People to Hell?” found in Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s [...]
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Does a Loving God Send People to Hell? – Part 1
It would be an understatement to say that within the past few days the topic of hell has received some national media, twitter, and blogosphere coverage thanks to Rob Bell’s forthcoming book Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. Now while I do not think my [...]
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Is the Gospel on Your Blog?
When I started Missiologically Thinking one year ago, I knew that I was going to be writing for a niche within the Evangelical sub-culture. Over the past year, however, I have discovered that there are more folks reading my posts than just the group of believers for whom I desired to write. While the vast [...]
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