And Why It Changes More Than You Think We live in a world that constantly pushes us to consume — scroll a little more, buy a little more, absorb endlessly. But consumption doesn’t produce …
You Need To Transcend Man-Made Religious Boundaries
Are you trying to build electric fences to protect Jesus's sheep when He didn't ask you to? Lately, my thoughts have been wandering through the winding paths of faith, brushing up against …
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Does the Person You’re Following Know Where They’re Going?
And most importantly, do they know how to get there? "If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."Matthew 15:14 It’s extremely important we don’t just believe and follow …
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Runaway Radical | A Review From a Long-term Missionary
Last night I finished reading Runaway Radical: A Young Man's Reckless Journey to Save the World after getting it for $1.99 on Amazon along with other books using a gift card someone gave me for …
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Building Before People: Cart Before the Horse?
Church comes as a result of discipling. Discipleship ought to be the backbone and cause of 'church', not the other way around. The tail isn't intended to wag the dog. Likewise, you can't teach …
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What Makes a Church a Family? | Escape to Reality
I've been following Paul Ellis for a number of years now, and usually enjoy his writings. But today's post, What Makes a Church a Family? is just fantabulous, and touches on one of my blog's …
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Failing Successfully
The last time I was in Canada I had lunch with a pastor friend close to my age. He wanted to discuss how we’re doing the whole missional thing down here in Peru. He also reads a lot of the same …
Can You Truly Be Pastored Through Podcasts?
I worry that two weather systems have formed and are coming together in a way that might harm the church. The first weather system is a drought caused by the fatherlessness of our current …
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Family on Mission | Podcast Discussion with Mark Burgess
This week I am privileged to have Mark Burgess back on the podcast for the first time in almost three years exactly to the month. I actually recorded it a number of weeks ago but have been super …
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What is the Context of Biblical Discipleship? | Discipling Culture
Oikos is the context of a biblical lifestyle As we eat meals in neighborhood restaurants, observe cottage industries, and get to know local residents we see the same is still true in the Holy …
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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 Blog Sept 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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Should Creflo Dollar Have His Expensive Private Jet?
This week I recorded a spontaneous time of sharing my heart with you guys. Since the internet is all abuzz lately with the fact Creflo Dollar asked the body of Christ to help him buy a $65 …
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Let Your Disciples Outpace You
This past weekend my disciple Raul came over to our apartment, urgently wanting to talk to Lili and me after having just got back within the last hour from a 10 day trip into the jungles of …
Information, Imitation and Innovation | Podcast
This week I continue with my flow of thoughts from last week concerning making disciples. We hold discipleship as one of our main core values in our ministry Oikos, and seek to reproduce …
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Why I Harp on Discipleship | Podcast Episode
There’s really ONE specific thing Jesus commanded us to do: MAKE DISCIPLES of the Nations. Yet, depending on who you talk to, this is viewed as optional, or something only special people like …
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Compatibility in Discipling Relationships
In the world of technology, there’s a very simple (yet in reality very complex) concept called “compatibility.” For example, there’s certain apps that work on iphones, but if you try to use them …
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Are Millennials Leaving The Church or Just Our Definition of it?
My thoughts this morning come to you after reading a couple of different articles and drinking a couple of coffees. The first from Relevant Magazine that I read last night, but I'll get to …
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Church as Community | Podcast with Michael Dow
This week I was privileged to finally have Michael Dow on the show. He has spent his entire saved life in a few different types of ministries, one of which was a missional community called King's …
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Disciple Multiplication & Slow burn Revival | Podcast
First, I share some updates about new editions in the Kingdom of God since having recorded today's show, and developments since last week's episode. Then we get down to business and I continue …
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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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Discipleship = Slow burn revival
Recently I saw another post by someone on Facebook about something a lot of charismatics and Pentecostals pray for. I used to be like this, and I'm not judging those who pray for this. But I have …
Is It Necessary For Christians to Attend Church Meetings? | Podcast
I originally recorded this podcast episode in early January. I knew when recording it I was going to hold on to it since the content of the discussion was ever-green. I knew I was going to be …
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What Should Christians Think About House Churches? | Radio Show
This weekend I got to be on Moody Radio's Up For Debate program with Julie Roys. Up For Debate describes itself as "a show that seeks to equip believers to discern these debatable …
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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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Real Discipleship Is Very Inconvenient To The Flesh
I just finished recording a podcast with Stephen Crosby a couple of mornings ago. Since it's summer break here and most of our students have gone home, I'm freed up to get some writing, editing …
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Disciples Praying For One Another
I meant to post this blog last week but my internet connection froze part way through the writing process which I was doing directly here on Wordpress and not offline. As a result I lost the last …
Decisions For Christ or Disciples of Jesus?
“Go therefore and get people of all nations to raise their hands and make decisions for Christ, and maybe baptizing a few of them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy …
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