Category Archives: Church

The Jubilee Act: a Level One mission

Posted on October 10, 2007 by me

Yesterday I wrote about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and suggested that we use it as a tool to survey our churches’ missions. In that post I suggested that much of what we do is geared to Level Five: Self-Actualization. Well, … Continue reading →

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Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist

Posted on August 25, 2007 by me

I just finished reading Hemant Mehta’s book I Sold My Soul on eBay, thanks to my own friendly atheist, Mike (is that enough links for one sentence?). Overall, it’s a very good book, and I would strongly encourage any church … Continue reading →

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Worship in the key of C minus

Posted on July 14, 2007 by me

First off, I have to admit that my title is not original. In fact, it’s pretty much a rip off from a post over at the Mere Comments blog, entitled Flatter the Emperor, Pander to the Crowd: This post is … Continue reading →

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Posted on May 28, 2007 by me

The other day I once again read through The Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future, which in my opinion overuses the term narrative. For those unfamiliar with postmodernist lingo, the narrative is our worldview, our belief about the world and … Continue reading →

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