Food. Not just food, but a meal. And not just a meal, but the full three courses. Ahhh there’s something about it. There’s something about it that says so much more than just eating because you’re hungry. I don’t tend to talk while I’m eating. There’s something about the focus on the consuming of the […]
Read More Like A Good MealI remember a brief exchange I had with King Arthur Sido. In it I was buzzed up with some article about church planting and that kind of thing. In essence King Arthur’s response was that it was more important to be about the business of sharing the gospel and making disciples as Jesus taught than […]
Read More Basics In PlaceYou read it one way, he reads it another way, she reads it another way and they don’t even think we know how to read it which is why they go to somewhere else where one person wrote the text which makes it a lot easier. Then others suggest we don’t need an ancient text […]
Read More What Does The Scripture Say?You can’t put everything that’s in the Bible in a play or a television production or a movie. Genealogy for a starter would be tough to portray. There are parts of Scripture, however, that lends itself beautifully for dramatisation. You ever read those narrative parts in a way that was captured in a visual manner. […]
Read More Dramatisation: You Ever Done This?Context. Where does it fit? Why does it fit there? What came before it and what came after it? Is it all we need to know or is there more? Can I get away with my understanding of it as I look at it, or do I have to do some more work around it? […]
Read More Getting the Whole StoryThe thing about redemption is that it screams out “there is hope!” Even in the worst situations where hope appears lost, the story of redemption says it’s worth holding out for hope. The theme of redemption is particularly something that means a lot to me. There are so many episodes in my life where I […]
Read More Themes I Love: RedemptionIt comes down to this. More than the splendid oratory, more than the signs and wonders, more than the public declarations and stories of the miraculous. More that all of that, can this faith be trusted? Is it for real? The gatherings involve real experiences that people find genuinely moving. Often, however, they can appear […]
Read More Truth and the Christian Way: AuthenticityDo you believe everything that we believe? Do you abide by the cultural norms that we apply? Do you stick to the dress code? Do you enjoy the songs we enjoy singing? Do you have the same reading of scripture as we do? If you do, you’re more than welcome and surely the unity of […]
Read More Truth and the Christian Way: UnityMaybe it’s not the whole truth. The book that these people follow makes some interesting statements and assertions. Among them is a kind of exclusivity about what it is to be right. It kind of implies that the only way for life in its fullness is through this faith in this one guy. However, maybe […]
Read More Truth and the Christian Way: OptionsThe rows all point to the platform. On the platform is something they call a pulpit. The thinking is that everything that happens in the gathering will be geared towards the main event of someone standing at that pulpit and speaking from it to the others who will look on more or less quietly any […]
Read More Truth and the Christian Way: Gathering
