Geoffrey Holsclaw
Evangelism In The Missional Church: How The Kingdom Breaks In Among Us Missional Learning Commons 2014 November 7 @ 7:30pm – November 8 @ 3:00pm | $25 (Wait for the 1:08 mark to learn what Fitch really thinks of Geoff, and evangelism…) This year’s Missional Learning Commons will focus on the oft forgotten member of the 5-fold gifts: […]
Evangelism in the Missional Church: How the Kingdom Breaks in Among Us NOVEMBER, 7TH-8TH This year’s Missional Learning Commons will focus on the oft forgotten member of the 5-fold gifts for the church (Eph. 5): the Evangelists. While the Attractional Church focuses mostly on Pastors and Teachers, the Missional Church often gravitates toward the Apostles and Prophets. But what of the Evangelists? On Nov. […]
Larry Hurtado offers some wise words about “Scholarly work and the blogosphere”: “If you do want to engage the issues, you’re just going to have to do some serious reading . . . in books, and articles, and in the original sources on which scholarly work is based. The Internet and the “blogosphere” hasn’t really […]
For the poor you will always have with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish: but you will not always have me. (Mark 14:7) From crude realism to hopeless resignation, this quote from Jesus is confusing at best and disheartening at worst. What? So poverty and inequality are just a fact […]
Must READ: Christianity Today posts a reflection from a Mosul Christian enduring the resent upheaval. CT has changed its logo to include the Arabic letter (n), used by ISIS to mark Christian homes in Iraq. For some context on what is happening in Mosul: After 2000 Years the Last Christian is Forced to Leave Mosul. […]
From my new post over at Missio Alliance: Where Is The Church? In conclusion, I ask, “Where is the church reflected in a list like this?”, especially if it is to represent the future leaders of the church. In reading this article most of those listed come off as completely churchless (which for many is […]
Tim Challies ended a recent post criticizing the practice of Lectio Divina by saying, “This, then, is a danger in Lectio Divina, that it may teach us to approach the text subjectively rather than objectively.” But what is the big deal about reading the text subjectively as opposed to objectively? 3 Subjects of Scripture It is […]
In the End, God makes all things right. In the End, God conquers death and life reigns. In the End, God overcomes sin and freedom persists. In the End, God dwells forever with humanity. Origin stories are compelling. Where did that great business come from? Where did our superheroes come from? Where did we come […]
Headline news is usually bad news. Viral blog posts are usually polemical. And those “way-too-long” conversations on Facebook and Twitter are often based in controversy. Pain, division, and anger drive on-line traffic and often directs the content. And church news is little different: pastor so-and-so is embroiled in a moral failing; church such-and-such fired its […]