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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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Houses Are Buildings Too, Ya Know
The early church didn't meet in homes because it was more en vogue than meeting at the temple. Nor did they do it because they were sick of institutionalized religion. I was thinking recently …
Why I Harp On Discipleship More Than I Did Before
Greetings my fellow peeps on the interwebs. I apologize for the lack of consistent updates this week to date. I try to post several times a week, and even daily when possible, which is why I …
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More Thoughts On Calibrating Invitation and Challenge
If you haven't read my previous post on Invitation and Challenge, it's not mandatory reading for today's post to make sense, but this is going to be another batch of thoughts on the same subject. …
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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 …
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5 Things The House Church Movement Is Getting Right
Recently I recorded an episode of the Fire On Your Head Podcast on the subject of missional community with Mark Burgess, and Shaun Wissmann, both missionaries to Peru. There is a difference as …
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What Is Missional Community? | Podcast with Mark Burgess & Shaun Wissmann
Join us this week for our podcast discussion with Mark Burgess, and Shaun Wissmann, both missionaries and serving in missional community in Chorrillos, Peru. We shoot the breeze and discuss the …
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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 …
Discipleship–-Getting Back to the Basics | Podcast with Mark Burgess
Join us again as I talk with missionary Mark Burgess about the necessity of discipleship, but also the practicalities. An important point that seemed to be emphasized is that you influence and …
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