Steve Bremner
Author, Podcaster & Writing Coach
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 15:14It’s extremely important we don’t just believe and follow whomever …
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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 …
The other day I read a post by Rob Wilkerson, who is fast becoming a blogger-friend of mine in the realm of the subject of “the dones” and “organic church” or whatever term you want to use. He …
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"Never have I seen a nation so honoring and proud of the role of President and yet so dishonoring and undermining of the President himself as the United States." That is how Anna Burgess's …
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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 …
I posted a blog a few weeks ago called "Do you know what your missionaries are actually doing?", and though it didn't exactly go viral or anything, I can't help but think this whole situation …
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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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In my last post, I Don't Care What Your Business Card Says, Mr Apostle!, I touched on the theme of modern-day apostles and how just because one claims to be one, doesn't mean they truly are. The …
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In our day there is a proliferation of men “who call themselves apostles, and they are not…” (Rev 2:2) I constantly get friend requests and new Twitter followers on a more regular basis than I …
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Like I mentioned in last Thursday's blog post, while I was in the jungle of Pucallpa I taught on information, imitation and innovation. In today's post I'm going to focus on that last part, …
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"For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I …
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I've been thinking a lot lately about writing a succinct blog post on what is discipleship since the majority of the time that I talk to a few other missionaries or pastors, I find myself …
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I have spent the last year or more living in a missional community in Peru, where discipleship is a core value of ours--if not THE focus of our mission. If you've spent any time on my blog in the …
Several months ago I was reading another blog post by Doug Paul, whose blog I follow to some degree since he works with 3DM, who I've been learning a lot from in regard to discipleship. I …
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This week I had another sacred cow barbecue with Stephen Crosby, S.J. Hill. This time we covered 'the new Jezebel'--which is nothing more than a newly packaged old lie, which basically …
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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