Anybody who lives in a third world nation knows the struggle of having to lower your standards when it comes to eating at local restaurants, especially what would be the equivalent in North …
The Truth About Tithing?
You may have already seen or heard that Creflo Dollar did a teaching recently that has gone viral (depending on the circles you're in) and so, of course, people are arguing over whether tithing …
Seeing in the Spirit Made Simple | Praying Medic
Steve G. Bremner · Seeing in the Spirit Made SimpleDescription of the Book Can Anyone see in the Spirit? Seeing in the Spirit Made Simple provides clear, simple, biblical instruction that will …
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Torn, Never to be Mended | Another Red Letter Day
If you haven't had a chance to listen to the latest episode of the podcast (Azusa Now or Azusa Already) or the last interview show I did with Carlos Rodriguez (Happy Sonship), you really ought …
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Are You Drinking Undrinkable Water?
For those of you who don’t know me–or at least not well–I am all about practical jokes. In fact, on a weekly basis one or two of my roommates in Bible College were the victim of some kind of …
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A Proposed Solution To Keep People From “Leaving the Church”?
My post from last week about how you can't find the professional worship leader in the New Testament has been burning up on social media, at least at the time of writing this. I could replace …
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Is God Preparing a Spiritual Awakening among the Millennials? | Discipling Culture
Original post: Is God Preparing a Spiritual Awakening among the Millennials? - Discipling CultureThis article caught my attention because it wasn't bashing millennials for a change. Nor was …
Done with Church, But Not with God | Holy Soup
Today's blog post is inspired by Done with Church, but Not with God | Holy Soup. Last week I posted a half-written-by-me/half curated post about the buzz surrounding the done with church …
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Regarding the “Done With Church” Buzz | Dan Dailey’s Blog
Original Source: Regarding the “Done With Church” Buzz | Dan Dailey's BlogSept 30th/15 Note: I've since recorded an episode of the Fire On Your Head podcast with Dan Dailey, the author of the …
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Missional Movements Fail without Missional Longevity | Verge Network
In the missional Christian culture, we can be obsessed with creating movements and doing so quickly. You can attend conferences called Movementum and read a dozen how-to manuals on creating a …
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Do You Believe in Schizophrenic Eschatology?
If Jesus took 500 years to return, how would that knowledge affect your day-to-day life?I know for many reading this the answer would be "not much".I was thinking about a comment I read by …
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Do New Testament prophets need to be 100% correct? | Podcast
This week we have a cross-generational chat with our friend who goes by the name Nor'west or Northwest Prophetic on social media.On this week's show you’ll enjoy learning about a man …
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If Any Man Defile The Temple of God
"According to the grace of God, given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can …
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A Review of Reimagining Church by Frank Viola
The following post is an expansion of the one I wrote for this book over at Amazon after I finished reading it. If you liked that review, could you please click "yes" to finding it helpful? …
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Despise Not the Day of Small Beginnings
That’s the phrase that kept popping into my mind as I sat down to write this post. Normally I have a title after I’ve begun working on a post, but this time, I knew that’s what the title needs …
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Organic vs Organized Church
Recently I was talking to our leader Mark who mentioned something to me about someone in our neighborhood thinking that for an organic church, we at Oikos are too organized and not spontaneous …
What Do You Mean by “Organic” Church?
Recently Lili and I joined The World Outreach Center as our US 'covering' or missions agency. Its director and founder John Cava was one of my teachers in Bible College, and oversaw my internship …
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You Can’t Disciple Someone You Don’t Know
My last post, Real Discipleship is Very Inconvenient to the Flesh has gotten a lot of traffic, and a few comments on social media that it merits following up on it real quick. Like I said, from …
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No Prenuptial Agreement in Christ
There is no prenuptial agreement in the Kingdom of God because the believer essentially gets everything God has to give. A prenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, is a contract entered …
Micro & Macro Revelation | Podcast with David Edwards
Join Dave Edwards and I as we attempt to have a discussion on the power of purity, but wind up getting sidetracked by the Holy Spirit and wind up talking about something else instead. You know …
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5 Things The House Church Movement is Getting Wrong
Dec 10th, 2015 Edit:This post is one of the most popular on my site. Most people land here doing a Google search about the house church movement or house churches in general. Despite the preface …
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Does the Bible Teach Being Accountable to a “Spiritual Covering?”
Authority, accountability and spiritual covering; are they Biblical?Last week I got to record a podcast with SJ Hill again and for the first time author and speaker Dr. Stephen Crosby, who I've …
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You Need to Talk TO People Instead of ABOUT Them
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others …
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The Truth Will Set You Free
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are …
