The other night in our Los Cedros cell churchish meeting that takes place in Mark and Anna Burgess' house, Amanda Wissmann shared a great word out of Acts 16. You may recall I've mentioned that …
Break The Rules & Look for Unexploited Opportunities
As a few of you know, as a missionary to Peru, I've been supplementing my support--if not supporting myself almost completely through tentmaking and freelancing online with my laptop. I have …
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Invitation vs. Challenge
I've been thinking a lot about encouragement and rebuke. As I progress more in the missional community I'm a part of, here in Chorrillos, Peru, I'm learning more and more about different ways of …
How Do You Present Yourself Online?
Recently someone in my life asked me a few questions that got me thinking. My friend asked me if I take into consideration how people may view me online. He told me that he saw two different …
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New vs Old Wineskins — Thoughts from the World of Technology
I wrote a post several months ago about The Church, Change and Adapting, and you could consider my thoughts today a follow up, as I have recently read several more examples of the very point I …
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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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Would You Cut Off Your Own Hand If Your Life Depended On It?
I remember a scene from the first Mad Max movie, after or around the climax, I can't remember specifically since it's been a while, and my memory may be failing me. Mel Gibson's character is …
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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 …
Are You A River of Living Water or a Waterless Cloud?
I now find myself in the seventh chapter of John, and thought I'd skip to a passage that I've spent many a time meditating on, teaching from, thinking about and reflecting on:On the last day of …
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No Loafing Allowed – The Side Effect of Large Crowds
Remember how a month ago I stated I was going to try to write a blog post nearly every day about each chapter of the Gospel of John? Yeah, I don't either. Just kidding, but I have kept up on my …
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The Church, Change, and Adapting
I was having these thoughts and thought of adding them in yesterday's post, Are Bookstore Chain Closures Necessarily A BAD Thing?, but decided to cut it off at the point where I did and continue …
Are Bookstore Chain Closures Necessarily A BAD Thing?
The times--they sure are a-changing! If you live in the United States, you may have heard last week that the embattled Borders bookstore chain had been forced to liquidate, closing down …
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Christians and Alcohol — Thoughts & Opinion on the Miracle At Cana
I'm continuing along in my reflections on the Gospel of John, and I find myself in the famous infamous passage in John chapter 2, which, though I've covered previously in a couple of posts, I'll …
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Are You Following a Genuine Jesus or a Plastic Replica?
I have been pondering on the phrase “plastic Jesus” lately and how it relates to us today. We use the term “plastic” today sometimes in reference to people that we consider to be “fake” or not …
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Keeping Ourselves From Idols | Podcast with David Edwards
This week Dave Edwards and I sit down to talk about something burning in our hearts, but wind up having a spontaneous discussion on idolatry, and what that looks like in our society culture. Do …
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My Testimony Part 2: Most Likely To Become Santa Claus
Thank you for taking an interest in reading my testimony. If you've landed on this page first, you've skipped My Testimony Part 1, and should go read it first since it builds context. Or not. I'm …
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My Testimony Part 1: “Christians” Are Pretty Boring People
...and act like they've been baptized in pickle juice Or at least that's what I used to think when I was younger. Wait, who am I trying to kid, I still think many of them are, at least the …
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The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, nard and saffron, calamus and …
It’s All Grace?
Many of us read how God dealt with His people in the Old Testament, and see a God who wiped entire nations off the face of the earth including the women and children. We read of people being …
The Ministry of the Holy Spirit
The ministry of the Holy Spirit brings us out of a walk in the flesh into a walk in the Spirit (see Romans 8). Our “religion” is different than any other. Not only has our God recreated us and …
