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When mission grows up…the church?

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date October 29, 2010
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Too often the efforts of church planting and evangelism in unreached places, goes by the term ‘missions.’ But when a group of believers is sufficiently gathered, we then say that a ‘church’ has been established. The linking of terms in a before-after type of relationship has often been propagated by mission agencies themselves. But is […]

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On Vacation, new posts in August

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date July 22, 2010
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But thankfully my family is much more exciting than this. 🙂

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Fun with blocks and catapults

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date June 29, 2010
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The boys and I made this a bit ago. Fun with blocks and catapults. Proof that I’m not only a book worm.

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Augustinian Inversions

I posted Augustinian Inversions: How would the Bishop Contend in Postmodernity? over at church and pomo. This is how it begins… — Over the last several years of studying contemporary (continental) philosophy and theology and the theology of Augustine, I’ve noticed several recurring themes, or rather, inversion of themes between contemporary theological battles and those […]

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Story of Stuff: Bottled Water

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date June 17, 2010
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Bake the bread; give it away.

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date June 16, 2010
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You need to bake the bread before you give it away. Likewise, we need to nurture the church to bless the world. These are the basic movements of the church gathered and scattered. So often we forget one of these steps. For some, the moment of blessing the world is so emphasized, of going to […]

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Hazards of Homebrewing

So here is a picture of the dangers of homebrewing. This is a porter that we started last weekend. If Ivan hadn’t discovered the clogged airlocks (which let the little yeast farts out), the lid probably would have blown, spraying perfectly good almost-beer all around the basement.

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Missional Church Conflict: Mercy is for Mission

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date June 1, 2010
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When I say mercy is for mission, I’m not talking about the mission of mercy and justice in the world as a witness to all of the power of the gospel (at least, not right now). Rather, I’m talking about the mercy God has poured out on all sinners in the life, death, and resurrection […]

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I Passed

So I finally passed by Qualifying Exams, which is the test to end all tests. So that means I’ll be back blogging, reading/responding to blogs, and other things. It has really been too long.

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Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date April 19, 2010
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This time in two weeks I’ll begin my comprehensive exams for my doctoral program. So I just wanted to you all to know that I’ll be checking out of blogging (and most other social media) until after that (which I have already been doing, if you haven’t noticed).